Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine

Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine - Paperback

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Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine - Paperback

Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine - Paperback

by Alison Weir
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A "vibrant historical novel" (Marie Claire) that brings vividly to life England's most passionate--and destructive--royal couple: Eleanor of Aquitaine and King Henry II, from the New York Times bestselling author hailed as "the finest historian of English monarchical succession writing" (The Boston Globe)

"Stunning . . . Weir renders the bona fide plot twists of her heroine's life with all the mastery of a thriller author, marrying historical fact with licentious fiction."--The Star Tribune

Nearing her thirtieth birthday, Eleanor of Aquitaine has spent the past dozen frustrating years as wife to the pious King Louis VII of France. But when Henry of Anjou, the young and dynamic future king of England, arrives at the French court, he and the seductive Eleanor experience a mutual passion powerful enough to ignite the world. Indeed, after the annulment of Eleanor's marriage to Louis and her remarriage to Henry, the union of this royal couple creates a vast empire that stretches from the Scottish border to the Pyrenees--and marks the beginning of the celebrated Plantagenet dynasty.

But Henry and Eleanor's marriage, charged with physical heat, begins a fiery downward spiral marred by power struggles and bitter betrayals. Amid the rivalries and infidelities, the couple's rebellious sons grow impatient for power, and the scene is set for a vicious and tragic conflict that will threaten to engulf them all.

Vivid in detail, epic in scope, Captive Queen is a sensuous and tempestuous tale that encompasses the building of an empire and the monumental story of a royal marriage.
ISBN9780345511881
Author Alison Weir
PublisherBallantine Books
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2011
LanguageENG- English
Pages544
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Alison Weir is the New York Times bestselling author of The King's Pleasure, The Last White Rose, and the novels in the Six Tudor Queens series: Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife; Katheryn Howard, The Scandalous Queen; Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait; Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen; Anne Boleyn, A King's Obsession; and Katherine of Aragon, The True Queen. She has also written numerous earlier novels and historical biographies, including her England's Medieval Queens series.

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