The Captive Queen
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4.5 • 23 Ratings
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- £3.99
Publisher 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.
Customer Reviews
the Captive Queen
Thank you Alison Weir. The Captive Queen has enabled me store such wonderfully written history that I am totally hooked.Those who desire history in a relaxed nature, Alison Weir is the author for you. Do not take my word for it read for yourselves.