Eleanor of Aquitaine - (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Alison Weir (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Eleanor of Aquitaine was a complex, boldly original woman who transcended the mores of her society. With astonishing historic detail, mesmerizing pageantry, and irresistible accounts of royal scandal and intrigue, Weir recreates not only a remarkable personality but a magnificent past era.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>In this beautifully written biography, Alison Weir paints a vibrant portrait of a truly exceptional woman and provides new insights into her intimate world. </b> <p/>Renowned in her time for being the most beautiful woman in Europe, the wife of two kings and mother of three, Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the great heroines of the Middle Ages. At a time when women were regarded as little more than chattel, Eleanor managed to defy convention as she exercised power in the political sphere and crucial influence over her husbands and sons. <p/>Eleanor of Aquitaine lived a long life of many contrasts, of splendor and desolation, power and peril, and in this stunning narrative, Weir captures the woman--and the queen--in all her glory. With astonishing historic detail, mesmerizing pageantry, and irresistible accounts of royal scandal and intrigue, she recreates not only a remarkable personality but a magnificent past era.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>An alluringly candid portrait of this most public yet elusive of medieval women.<br><i><b>--The Boston Globe</b></i> <p/>Evocative . . . A rich tapestry of a bygone age and a judicious assessment of her subject's place within it.<br><i><b>--Newsday</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Alison Weir</b> is the author of <i>Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy</i>, <i>The Six Wives of Henry VIII</i>, <i>The Princes in the Tower</i>, <i>The Wars of the Roses</i>, <i>The Children of Henry VIII</i>, and <i>The Life of Elizabeth I</i>. She lives outside London with her husband and two children.
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