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It is the year 1152, and a beautiful woman rides through France, fleeing her crown, her two young daughters and a shattered marriage. Her husband, Louis of France has been more monk than monarch, and certainly not a lover. Now Eleanor of Aquitaine has one sole purpose- to return to her duchy and marry the man she loves, Henry Plantagenet, destined for greatness as King of England. It will be a union founded on lust, renowned as one of the most vicious marriages in history, and it will go on to forge a great empire and a devilish brood. This is a story of the making of nations, and of passionate conflicts- between Henry II and Thomas Becket; between Eleanor and Henry's formidable mother Matilda; between father and sons, as Henry's children take up arms against him - and finally between Henry and Eleanor herself.
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The Captive Queen, Alison Weir
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- Released
- 2011
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- Title
- The Captive Queen
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Alison Weir
- Publisher
- Arrow Books
- Released
- 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0099534584
- ISBN13
- 9780099534587
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Love, France, British Literature, Middle Ages, England, Great Britain, English Literature, Queens, 12th Century, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen, c. 1122-1204, House of Plantagenet
- First published
- 2010
- Original title
- The Captive Queen
- Rating
- 3.6 out of 5
- Description
- It is the year 1152, and a beautiful woman rides through France, fleeing her crown, her two young daughters and a shattered marriage. Her husband, Louis of France has been more monk than monarch, and certainly not a lover. Now Eleanor of Aquitaine has one sole purpose- to return to her duchy and marry the man she loves, Henry Plantagenet, destined for greatness as King of England. It will be a union founded on lust, renowned as one of the most vicious marriages in history, and it will go on to forge a great empire and a devilish brood. This is a story of the making of nations, and of passionate conflicts- between Henry II and Thomas Becket; between Eleanor and Henry's formidable mother Matilda; between father and sons, as Henry's children take up arms against him - and finally between Henry and Eleanor herself.