Bibliograph

Queens of the crusades, 1154-1291, Alison Weir, Book two

Type

Label

Queens of the crusades, 1154-1291, Alison Weir, Book two

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-484) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Queens of the crusades

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1236455319

Responsibility statement

Alison Weir

Series statement

England's medieval queens, book two

Sub title

1154-1291

Summary

"Packed with incredible true stories and legendary medieval intrigue, this epic narrative history chronicles the first five queens from the powerful royal family that ruled England and France for over three hundred years. This remarkable recreation of the action-packed century that saw the murder of Thomas Becket and the signing of the Magna Carta covers the lives and reigns of the first five Plantagenet queens, who ruled England and France throughout the bloody 1200s, a particularly dramatic and violent period of European history. Wars, crusades, treachery, murder, passion, and the interplay between rival monarchs of Britain and France provide a surprising picture of these five ambitious women and their struggle for power. The queens covered in the book are Eleanor of Aquitaine, Berengaria of Navarre, Isabella of Angouleme, Alienor of Provence and Eleanor of Castile. One of these queens became legendary when, accompanying her husband on crusade, she saved his life by sucking the blood from his poisoned-arrow wound. Equally intriguing are the descriptions of their marriages, including one that was extremely tempestuous, and one that was a love match turned sour when the jealous husband discovered his queen's infidelity and retaliated by killing her lovers and hanging their bodies from the canopy of her bed. This second volume of historian Alison Weir's critically acclaimed Medieval Queens series brings these unfamiliar, fascinating royals to life, demonstrating how very much they resemble self-determining women of our own time"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of Henry II -- Berengaria of Navarre, Queen of Richard I -- Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of King John -- Alienor of Provence, Queen of Henry III -- Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Edward I

Target audience

adult

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England's medieval queens, Book two, Queens of the crusades, 1154-1291Queens of the crusades., Book two, 1154-1291

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