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Hardcover / ISBN-13: 9781847445438

Price: £16.99

ON SALE: 1st September 2016

Genre: Fiction & Related Items / Historical Fiction

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Eleanor of Aquitaine’s powerful story is brought to a triumphant and beautiful close by much-loved author Elizabeth Chadwick in the trilogy that began with The Summer Queen and continued in The Winter Crown

England, 1176

Imprisoned by her husband, King Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of England, refuses to let her powerful husband bully her into submission, even as he forces her away from her children and her birthright.

Freed only by Henry’s death, Eleanor becomes dowager Queen of England. But the competition for land and power that Henry stirred up among his sons has intensified to a dangerous rivalry.

Eleanor will need every ounce of courage and fortitude as she crosses the Alps in winter to bring Richard his bride, and travels medieval Europe to ransom her beloved son. But even her indomitable spirit will be tested to its limits as she attempts to keep the peace between her warring sons, and find a place in the centres of power for her daughters.

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Reviews

Meticulous research and strong storytelling. The first in a trilogy about the passions and scandals in the 12th-century French court
Woman & Home
A rich and compelling read
Candis
Engrossingly written and well researched
Choice
Uses authentic period detail to bring to life a new queen and the drama and intrigue surrounding her
France Magazine
Fascinating and poignant...goes a long way to showing why Eleanor's mystique and allure has lasted as long as it has
Elizabeth Buchan, Daily Mail
Brimming with real events, the most intimate and fascinating period detail, high emotion and thrilling drama, this is historical fiction at its best and most enthralling.
Lytham St Anne's Express

Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogy