 | By: Norah Lofts Binding: Paperback Publisher: The History Press Ltd ISBN: 0752439448 ISBN-13: 9780752439440 Released: 04 Apr 2008 RRP: Average Rating:  |
Married first to the pious King of France, Louis VII, she bore him two daughters & went with him on an unsuccessful Crusade, where she was to have a number of adventures. Stifled by the King's somewhat misogynistic advisors, she & the King would come to a parting of the way after fifteen years of marriage. No sooner was she divorced & returned to her Duchy of Aquitaine, than she met eighteen year old Henry Plantagenet, who was to become King Henry II of England. Nearly a dozen years separated them but this was to be no bar to their marriage.
Eleanor & Henry were to marry, & she bore him numerous sons & daughters. She lived happily with Henry for many years, until she discovered that he had a mistress, the fair Rosamonde of legend. The break in their relationship would eventuallly result in the estrangement of Henry from his sons & the imprisonment of Eleanor for nearly eighteen years.
This is an excellent work of historical fiction, filled with the political intrigues of the day, historical events & personages, & a story that has withstood the test of time. It is a book that those who like well-written historical fiction will, undoubtedly, enjoy.
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