Combining the pace and descriptive quality of a novel with the authority of a textbook, Alison Weir's study of the revered and reviled Eleanor of Aquitaine should be valuable to anyone with an interest in medieval European history. Wife of Louis VII of France and subsequently of Henry II of England, and mother of Richard "the Lion-Hearted," Eleanor played a prominent part in the politics of the 12th century. The author of a number of other books on the medieval period (Life of Elizabeth I, The Children of Henry VIII), Weir brings all the color and ever-present dangers of Eleanor's world to life, filling the text with absorbing background detail and revelatory contemporary anecdotes. She is concerned throughout to make critical analysis of the primary sources, the later myths about Eleanor, and other modern biographies. This results in a fresh and thoughtful perspective on the energetic life of a determined and ambitious woman living with the sexism, excesses, and violence of a society in which the word of a single man could condemn thousands to death. Eleanor of Aquitaine is a vivacious but scholarly book with extensive notes and references, giving an objective and rich account of the staunch Eleanor, her feuding family and her complex and unstable world. --Karen Tiley, Amazon.co.uk
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Hardback Editions
January 2000 : Hardback
| Title: Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life Author(s): Alison Weir ISBN: 0-345-40540-4 / 978-0-345-40540-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Ballantine Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
September 1999 : Hardback
| Title: Eleanor of Aquitaine: By the Wrath of God, Queen of England Author(s): Alison Weir ISBN: 0-224-04424-9 / 978-0-224-04424-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
March 1999 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
January 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Eleanor Of Aquitaine: By the Wrath of God, Queen of England Author(s): Alison Weir ISBN: 0-09-952355-8 / 978-0-09-952355-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2001 : Paperback
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2000 : Paperback
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2000 : Paperback
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2000 : Paperback
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January 1999 : Paperback
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1999 : Paperback
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Audio Editions
2003 : Audio Cassette
| Title: ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE; BY THE WRATH OF GOD, QUEEN OF ENGLAND (JILL TANNER NARRATOR) Author(s): ALISON WEIR ISBN: 1-4025-3394-2 / 978-1-4025-3394-5 (USA edition) Publisher: CLIPPER AUDIO BOOKS Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2002 : Audio Cassette
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Other Editions
February 2011 : Kindle edition
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January 1999 : Unknown
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