x dismiss this message
Did you know you can edit this page?
-
Sign Into Shelfari
-
Choose something to edit
-
Save your contributions
see page history
Description edit
It is the year 1152 and a beautiful woman of thirty, attended by only a small armed escort, is riding like the wind southwards through what is now France, leaving behind her crown, her two young daughters and a shattered marriage to Louis of France, who had been more like a monk than a king,... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Young Henry: Add a description of this character.
- Eleanor
- Richard
- Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen consort of France (1137-1152) and England (1154-1189). At age 15 she became the Duchess of Aquitaine and Countess of Poitiers, making her the richest heiress in Europe at the time.
- Henry II: King of England 1154-1189.
- Louis VII: King of the France 1131-1180.
- Richard Coeur de Lion
- Aquitaine
- Geoffrey
- Rosamund De Clifford
- God Himself
- John
- Pope
- William Marshal
- Raoul De Faye
- Thomas Becket
- Brother Peter
- Matilda
- Madame
- Joanna
- Abbot Bernard
- Constance
- Marguerite
- Louis
- Philip
- Stephen
- Hugh
- Foliot
- Henry Fitzempress
- Alys
- Duke
- Woodstock
- Theobald
- Raymond
- Ranulf Glanville
- Marie
- Duke Henry
- Norman
- Henry Berneval
- Marcabru
- Patrick
- Bertran
- Alice
- Thibaut
- Alix
- King Henry
- Petronilla
- Rotrou
- Florine
- Walter
Setting & Locations edit
- England
- France
- Anjou
- Poitiers
- Paris
- Rouen
- Fontevrault
- Winchester
- Amaria
- Canterbury
- Brittany
- Lord King
- Maine
- Sarum
- Heaven
- Poitou
- Limoges
- Westminster
- Vexin
- Ise
- London
- Bordeaux
- Germany
- Toulouse
- Europe
- Blois
- Woodstock
- Channel
- Limousin
- Salisbury
- Southampton
- Gascony
- Clarendon
- Chinon
- Sicily
- Antioch
- Notre-dame
- Wallingford
First Sentence edit
"Please God, let me not betray myself." Queen Eleanor prayed inwardly as she seated herself gracefully on the carved wooden throne next to her husband, King Louis.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alison Weir (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Hutchinson
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-091-92621-2
Page Count: 487
Publisher: Hutchinson
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-091-92621-2
Page Count: 487
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Subjects edit
Popular Tags
Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Official Alison Weir Website: Here you will find news and information on upcoming books, a biography, details of upcoming events and tours, and more.
Amazon Customers Who Bought This Book Also Bought
We’re hiding the errata, movie connections, books that influenced this book, books influenced by this book, books that cite this book and books cited by this book sections. If you would like to add content to them, you must first make them visible.
