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Queens of the Crusades: Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Successors

By: Alison Weir
Narrated by: Esther Wane
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The Plantagenet queens of England played a role in some of the most dramatic events in our history. Crusading queens, queens in rebellion against their king, queen seductresses, learned queens, queens in battle, queens who enlivened England with the romantic culture of southern Europe – these determined women often broke through medieval constraints to exercise power and influence, for good and sometimes for ill.

Alison Weir’s ground-breaking history of the queens of medieval England now moves into a period of even higher drama, from 1154 to 1291: years of chivalry, dynastic ambition, conflict with the church, baronial wars, and the all-pervading bonds of feudalism. We see events such as the murder of Becket, Magna Carta and the birth of parliaments from a new perspective. Her narrative begins with the formidable Eleanor of Aquitaine, whose marriage to Henry II establishes a dynasty which rules for over three hundred years and creates the most powerful empire in western Christendom – but also sows the seeds for some of the most destructive family conflicts in history and for the collapse, under her son King John, of England’s power in Europe. The lives of Eleanor’s successors were just as remarkable: Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard the Lionheart, Isabella of Angoulême, queen of John, and Alienor of Provence, queen of Henry III, and finally Eleanor of Castile, the grasping but beloved wife of Edward I.

Through the story of these first five Plantagenet queens, Alison Weir provides an enthralling new perspective on a dramatic period of high romance and sometimes low politics, with determined women at its heart. Europe Great Britain Historical Politics & Activism Royalty Women England Middle Ages Marriage Tudor
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A wonderfully researched period of our nation''s colourful history and its forthright Queens BUT ruined for me.by so many facts being delivered in a harsh, flat, staccato voice and awful french accent.

Narrator spoiled an inspired history.

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Allison Weir's writing is always so beautifully descriptive with her historical biographies which makes her books so much more easier to read than a lot of other historical authors who fail to engage me as a reader. They can be so boring as I'm finding myself just not taking anything in which is so annoying.

This genre is difficult enough to get through so i love how Allison gives us that unique style which is all to do with her descriptive writing skills. It allows for a beautiful flow.

I adored her Queen Of Sorrows and Isabella Of France books.

So much to learn from this 4 part Medieval Queens series all as excellent as each other!

Beautifully Descriptive!

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I love the book but it's taking a long time to listen, as the narrator has a very hard voice. She modulates very well but the tone is so hard and clipped that after a while I just have to stop the book and go to another with a more relaxing voice. Excellent content though

Hard to listen for too long

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such avivid account of a turbulent time and a lasting legacy for women's sufferance

excellent subject

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The book reads like exam notes for GCSE mediaeval history: all facts and colour points, but no sense provided of what the queens felt. Completely lacking in soul. Better biographies exist.

All a bit dull

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