Category - Fiction / Historical Fiction
Format - Paperback
Condition - Excellent
Listed - 2 years ago
Views - 16
Wishes - 2
Ships From - New York
Est. Publication Date - May 2006
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#Historical#Romance The evoking, beautiful, tempestuous and sensual Eleanor of Aquitaine, who divorced the King of France and married the King of England, Plaidy employs the ingratiating domestic details that are characteristic of her historical storytelling. Despite a hobbling first-person narrative that tends to repetition, the novel is dramatic in the sweep of its background and in the vividly realized events of Eleanor's long life. Raised with the Provencal languor of the courtly love tradition in her native Aquitaine, her beauty the toast of jongleurs, Eleanor relieves the tedium of her marriage to the pious French King Louis by daringly joining the Crusaders. She further shocks by pursuing her attraction to unattractive Henry Plantagenet, lured as much by the English crown as by the mutual sensuality that produces her favorite son, the enigmatic Richard the Lionhearted. Later, ambitious, headstrong Eleanor locks wills with Henry, leading to her imprisonment for many years. Even then, Eleanor remains central to the tumultuous epoch that witnessed the murder of Thomas a Becket and other royal infamies. Plaidy's prose style is serviceable at best, lacking in grace and nuance. Queens of England series book5 of 11, 486 pages.
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The Courts of Love: The Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine
ISBN: 9781400082506
Publisher Description
When I look back over my long and tempestuous life, I can see that much of what happened to me--my triumphs and most of my misfortunes--was due to my passionate relationships with men. I was a woman w...
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