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Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography (Women In History)
by: Marion Meade

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 940
EAN: 9781842126189
ISBN: 1842126180
Label: Phoenix
Manufacturer: Phoenix
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: August 01, 2002
Publisher: Phoenix
Studio: Phoenix
Sales Rank: 226304

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- I enjoyed this book
I have a number of books about medieval history and this was one of the best. Most of the time I get half way through a title and drift off bored with the dryness of the subject, but I found it easy to stick with this book right to the end. There is a lightness of touch married with a strong element of factual accuracy that makes it worthwhile reading - I'd recommend giving it a go!

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- Informative & readable
A fascinating book about a fascinating woman. The writer captures the reader's attention with graphic analyses of the personalities and politics of the era, beautifully and sensitively written. Both the minutiae of Eleanor's daily life, and the grand sweep of political and military manoeuvres of the day are described in equal measure.

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- Excellent book: Reads like a novel, can't put down
From the moment of reading the preface to the completion of the last Chapter, this book was hard to put down. Although assigned to read for class, I would highly recommend it for pleasure reading also. The author succeeds in putting the chronology of history and the story of Eleanor's life deftly together delivering both historical information and a riveting story, unlike other factual history books I have been obliged to read.

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- Meade's history is full of color, but based on facts.
I first read this work some years ago, after it was first published. I have since re-read it several times. Marion Meade's flowing and colorful literary style helps to make this history an entertaining and educational read. Meade takes the reader on a textured journey, from the beginnings of Eleanor of Aquitaine's family history, through to her stay at Fountervault Abbey in France, where she died in the early 13th century. All along, the reader is given a solid glimpse of a long and eventful life of a woman who was clearly ahead of her time. Meade also infuses Eleanor's apparent sense of humor into the work, made factual from actual documents of the period. Meade shows Eleanor for who she was: Queen of two countries (and expert ... Read More:

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