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Eleanor of Aquitaine

A Biography

Author Marion Meade

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$24.00 US

Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Books

6.18"W x 9.22"H x 0.91"D | 16 oz | 24 per carton

On sale Nov 01, 1991 | 416 Pages | 9780140153385

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"Marion Meade has told the story of Eleanor, wild, devious, from a thoroughly historical but different point of view: a woman's point of view."—Allene Talmey, Vogue.

MARION MEADE is the author of DOROTHY PARKER: What Fresh Hell Is This? She has also written biographies of Woody Allen, Buster Keaton, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Madame Blavatsky, and Victoria Woodhull, as well as two novels about medieval France. She lives in New York City. View titles by Marion Meade

The Family of Eleanor of Aquitaine
Preface
Acknowledgments
Prologue
A Child in the Land of Love
The Devil and the Monk
Behind the Red Cross
To Jerusalem
The Unwanted Crown
Stalking the Planta Genesta
Queen of the English
Betrayals
The Court of Love
The Wheel of Fortune Turns
Autumn and After
The Last Battle
Notes and Sources
Bibliography
Index

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"Marion Meade has told the story of Eleanor, wild, devious, from a thoroughly historical but different point of view: a woman's point of view."—Allene Talmey, Vogue.