Power of a woman memoirs of a turbulent life : Eleanor of Aquitaine

Summary: The feminine spirit soars in Power of a Woman as Eleanor of Aquitaine, toughest of medieval women, relates her memoirs: of caring and loyalties, triumphs and trials; of her marriages to two warring kings, Louis VII of France, then Henry II of England. She speaks intimately, emotionally of her "too many quarreling sons," including Richard the Lionheart and John, of Magna Carta fame. A patron of troubadours, Eleanor commissions poetry as propaganda. She regales her readers with intrigues, crusades and tales of ruthless diplomacy against barons, kings, popes and Thomas Becket, while confessing her loves, her hopes for her many children, and their fates.

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ISBN: 9780978062101 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
ISBN: 0978062108 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
ISBN: 9780978062163 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
ISBN: 0978062167 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket Reader)
Physical Description: electronic
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398 p. ; 21 cm.
Publisher: Toronto, ON : Shillingstone Press, 2007.

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