'Stunning... Weir has brought those five queens to life like never before. I just raced through it - it has all the drama and suspense of a novel'Tracy BormanCrusading queens,queens in rebellion against their king,queen seductresses,learned queens,queens in battle - the Plantagenet queens broke through medieval constraints to exercise power and influence,for good and sometimes for ill. Beginning with the formidable Eleanor of Aquitaine whose marriage to Henry II sows the seeds for some of the most destructive family conflicts in history and ending with Eleanor of Castile,the grasping but beloved wife of Edward I,Alison Weir's ground-breaking history of the queens of medieval England provides an enthralling new perspective on a dramatic period of high romance and sometimes low politics,with determined women at its heart.
Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9781784701871Number of pages: 496Weight: 364 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 30 mm
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Stunning... (Weir has) brought those five queens to life like never before.I just raced through it - it has all the drama and suspense of a novel.(A) historian who has achieved popularity without sacrificing scholarly precision... She writes with the dramatic intensity of a novelist.The book that I most anticipated this year was Alison Weir's Queens of the Crusades... Told with all of Weir's characteristic verve and exceptional eye for detail,this book should find its way into every history lover's Christmas stocking.As in previous books,the exceedingly knowledgeable author's prodigious research is impressive. Another treat for Weir fans.This meticulous group biography of the first five Plantagenet queens of England brushes away long-standing legends. Weir skillfully documents the political,religious,and cultural issues of medieval England and France.
Alison Weir
A popular historian and novelist,British author Alison Weir is the author of non-fiction including Richard III and the Princes in the Tower,Elizabeth the Queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine: By the Wrath of God,Queen of England,Isabella: She-Wolf of France,Katherine Swynford,Queens of the Conquest and A Tudor Christmas. As a novelist,her works include Innocent Traitor,The Captive Queen,A Dangerous Inheritance and the Six Tudor Queens series. The latest novel in the sequence,Anna of Kleve,Queen of Secrets is published in May 2019.
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