I don't know how I feel about the story set up, but I enjoy the story told. I did recognize the name Eleanor of Aquitaine and of course her song Richard the Lion Hart who is in Robin Hood. OL8124854W Page_number_confidence 93.40 Pages 214 Partner Innodata Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20200824154525 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 487 Scandate 20200820151637 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780689846243 Tts_version 4.I admit to not knowing much about the 1100's in history besides Robin Hood. And she did all this in a time when a king could keep his queen a prisoner - and did!Īccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 11:13:46 Boxid IA1914520 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Wife of two kings, mother of two others, Richard the Lion Heart and John, she set the tone of court life for her times, sponsored poets and musicians, established the legend of King Arthur as a romantic feature of English literature, set the Rules of Courtly Love, and helped rule a kingdom that spanned from Scotland to the Pyrenees.
Each person in turn tells a part of Eleanor's life, vividly illustrating the excitement of living in twelfth-century England and France, and especially the excitement of being Eleanor.
A chance encounter with Abbot Suger, an old friend of Eleanor's from the time of her first marriage, starts the four of them remembering times past. Waiting with Eleanor are Henry's mother, Matilda-Empress, and William the Marshal. Henry had died even before Eleanor, but he still had not won admission into Heaven. Eleanor of Aquitaine is in Heaven, waiting to learn whether or not her second husband, King Henry II of England, will be able to join her.
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