Eleanor of Aquitaine : A Biography Paperback / softback
by Marion Meade
Part of the WOMEN IN HISTORY series
Paperback / softback
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Marion Meade portrays Eleanor of Aquitaine as a woman of great intelligence and titanic energy who lived in a passionate and creative age. A comprehensive account of the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
The wife of King Louis VII of France and then of King Henry II of England, and mother to Richard Coeur de Lion and King John, she became the key political figure of the 12th century. Eleanor's long life inspired a number of legends. At twenty-five she set out for the Holy Land as a Crusader and at seventy-eight she crossed the Pyreness to Spain to fetch the granddaughter whose marriage would be, she hoped, a pledge of peace between England and France. This is a compassionate biography of this charismatic queen and the world she ruled over.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:512 pages, 8
- Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
- Publication Date:01/08/2002
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- ISBN:9781842126189
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:512 pages, 8
- Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
- Publication Date:01/08/2002
- Category:
- ISBN:9781842126189
