Eleanor of Aquitaine: A LifeIn this beautifully written biography, Alison Weir paints a vibrant portrait of a truly exceptional woman and provides new insights into her intimate world. Renowned in her time for being the most beautiful woman in Europe, the wife of two kings and mother of three, Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the great heroines of the Middle Ages. At a time when women were regarded as little more than chattel, Eleanor managed to defy convention as she exercised power in the political sphere and crucial influence over her husbands and sons. Eleanor of Aquitaine lived a long life of many contrasts, of splendor and desolation, power and peril, and in this stunning narrative, Weir captures the woman—and the queen—in all her glory. With astonishing historic detail, mesmerizing pageantry, and irresistible accounts of royal scandal and intrigue, she recreates not only a remarkable personality but a magnificent past era. |
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... Hugh , lost in a bank failure the greater part both of his own fortune and the fortune he had married , and left his ten children comparatively impoverished . James Butler was the third child . He left Wales to go into business in ...
... Hugh , lost in a bank failure the greater part both of his own fortune and the fortune he had married , and left his ten children comparatively impoverished . James Butler was the third child . He left Wales to go into business in ...
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... Hugh's work and the arguments to support it were all originated by Hugh. Wheeler served as his public relations manager, trying to negotiate peace between Hugh's upstart (but logical) ideas and the widely accepted (and hardly contested) ...
... Hugh's work and the arguments to support it were all originated by Hugh. Wheeler served as his public relations manager, trying to negotiate peace between Hugh's upstart (but logical) ideas and the widely accepted (and hardly contested) ...
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... given grace to see the beauty of the world , a heart to feel its pathos of sorrow , and a tongue to show forth His praise in sweet and musical rhyme . sorrow . HUGH MACMILLAN . CONTENTS . PAGE 1 :: 2 3 .. 4 7 xiv . APPENDIX .
... given grace to see the beauty of the world , a heart to feel its pathos of sorrow , and a tongue to show forth His praise in sweet and musical rhyme . sorrow . HUGH MACMILLAN . CONTENTS . PAGE 1 :: 2 3 .. 4 7 xiv . APPENDIX .
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... Hugh himself gave the churches, leaving one to wonder just how they were Hugh's to give. Even if we are talking of prebends here, they should have been the bishop's to give. The first record, actually a short summary of what was ...
... Hugh himself gave the churches, leaving one to wonder just how they were Hugh's to give. Even if we are talking of prebends here, they should have been the bishop's to give. The first record, actually a short summary of what was ...
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... Hugh worked as a receptionist at the university gym to make extra cash . Michael Ryan was an aerobics instructor working there when he first met Hugh , who was taking bookings at the main desk . ' All the girls in my class talked about ...
... Hugh worked as a receptionist at the university gym to make extra cash . Michael Ryan was an aerobics instructor working there when he first met Hugh , who was taking bookings at the main desk . ' All the girls in my class talked about ...
Contents
To Jerusalem | |
A Righteous Annulment | |
A Happy Issue | |
All the Business of the Kingdom | |
Eleanor by the Grace of God Queen of England | |
Poor Prisoner | |
Shame Shame on a Conquered King | |
The Eagle Shall Rejoice in Her Third Nesting | |
The Admiration of Her Age | |
The Devil Is Loosed | |
The Staff of My Old Age | |
The Most Reverend Eleanor | |
The Brood of the Wicked Shall Not Thrive | |
The King Has Wrought a Miracle | |
Conjectures Which Grow Day by Day | |
The Holy Martyr | |
The Cubs Shall Awake | |
Beware of Your Wife and Sons | |
A Candle Goeth Out | |
Notes on the Chief Sources | |
Dedication | |
A Readers Guide | |
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