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Queens of the Crusades

Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Successors
By Alison Weir
Series: England's Medieval Queens
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Queens of the Crusades by Alison Weir is an engaging biography that delves into the lives of the Plantagenet queens during the medieval Crusades. The book covers the stories of five remarkable women, exploring their political influence, personal dramas, and power struggles within a turbulent period of history. Weir provides a richly detailed exploration of how these queens shaped the course of English and French history.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the powerful and influential women of the medieval era who played crucial roles during the time of the Crusades. Written by a renowned historian, it offers a compelling blend of biography and historical narrative that brings to life the dynamics of power and politics in a captivating and richly detailed way.

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Queens of the Crusades

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The next volume in Alison Weir's magisterial history of the queens of Medieval England includes the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine, the subject of Alison's most successful book.

Stunning... Weir has brought those five queens to life like never before. I just raced through it - it has all the drama and suspense of a novel - Tracy Borman

Crusading queens, queens in rebellion against their king, queen seductresses, learned queens, and queens in battle - the Plantagenet queens broke through medieval constraints to exercise power and influence, for good and sometimes for ill.

Beginning with the formidable Eleanor of Aquitaine, whose marriage to Henry II sows the seeds for some of the most destructive family conflicts in history, and ending with Eleanor of Castile, the grasping but beloved wife of Edward I, Alison Weir's ground-breaking history of the queens of medieval England provides an enthralling new perspective on a dramatic period of high romance and sometimes low politics, with determined women at its heart.

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Queens of the Crusades by Alison Weir has been praised for bringing historical figures to life with the vividness and thrill akin to a novel. The author skillfully balances popular appeal with scholarly precision, making it a must-read for history enthusiasts. The book is noted for its meticulous research, providing insightful documentation of the lives and contexts of the first five Plantagenet queens of England, and is described as another impressive work for fans of Weir.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784701871

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 October 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 417g

Pages: 496

Collections

Alison Weir Biography & Memoir Education & Reference European History History & Military Non-Fiction Penguin Books Political Biographies Royalty & Religion Biographies Series: England's Medieval Queens

About the Author

Alison Weir is one of Britain's top-selling historians. She is the author of numerous works of history and historical fiction, specialising in the medieval and Tudor periods. Her bestselling history books include The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Elizabeth of York and The Lost Tudor Princess. Her novels include Innocent Traitor, Katherine of Aragon- The True Queen and Anne Boleyn- A King's Obsession. She is an Honorary Life Patron of Historic Royal Palaces and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She lives and works in Surrey.

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