![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() My Review: Eleanor of Aquitaine is one of the most influential woman in the Middle Ages. With astonishing historical detail, mesmerizing pageantry, and irresistible accounts of royal scandal and intrigue, she re-creates not only a remarkable personality but a magnificent past era. Eleanor of Aquitaine lived a long life of many contrasts, of splendor and desolation, power and peril, and in this stunning narrative, Weir captures the woman-the queen-in all her glory. In this beautifully written biography, Alison Weir paints a vibrant portrait of this truly exceptional woman, and provides new insights into her intimate world. At a time when women were regarded as little more than chattel, Eleanor managed to defy convention as she exercised power in the political sphere and crucial influence over her husbands and sons. Synopsis: Renowned in her time for being the most beautiful woman in Europe, the wife of two kings and the mother of three, Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the great heroines of the Middle Ages. ![]()
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