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Eleanor of Aquitaine, A Life
by Alison Weir
- BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
- 2001
- PAPER
- 464 PAGES
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Weir's enjoyable biography of the woman who was both queen of France (married to Louis VII) and queen of England (married to Henry II) shows Eleanor as an ambitious political and artistic powerbroker in an age when most women were seen but not heard.
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Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of France, Queen of England
by Ralph V. Turner
- BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
- 2009
- HARD COVER
- 395 PAGES
Drawing on new material, a leading historian of the 12th century strips away the myths around Eleanor in this lively revisionist biography. (FRN959, $35.00)
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