The Captive Queen
The Captive Queen
Alison Weir
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.
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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.
Product Description
Title - The Captive Queen
Edition -
Author - Alison Weir
ISBN 13 - 9780099534587
Imprint - Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher - Cornerstone
Date Published - 07/07/2011
Prize -
No. of pages -
Binding Type - Paperback
Dimensions - 129 x 198 x 33mm
Weight - 362 g
Languages - English