Overview
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.
- | Author: Alison Weir
- | Publisher: Cornerstone
- | Publication Date: Jul 07, 2011
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9780099534587
- | ISBN-10: 0099534584
