Eleanor Of Aquitaine: By The Wrath Of God, Queen Of England by Weir, Alison - 2000

Pimlico, London, 2000. First Edition. Softcover. Good. Illustrator: Photographic / Illustrations. Preface by author, notes on the chief sources, bibliography, notes and references, genealogical tables and index. Black-and-white graphic frontispiece, showing the funeral effigy of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Between pages 222 and 223 there are eight pages of black and white photographs or reproductions of contemporary illustrations. Colour photographic paperback binding with gilt and white coloured titles to the front panel and black and white coloured titles to the backstrip. Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine was one of the leading personalities of the Middle Ages, and also one of the most controversial. Having inherited a vast feudal domain stretching from the Loire to the Pyrenees, she was one of the greatest heiresses in history. But in her own day, she was famous not only for who she was, but also for what she did. In an age when women were treated as mere chattels, she made her own choices, wielded power and won widespread respect. Circumstances, however, dictated that her memory would be sullied by calumny and misunderstanding. Eleanor was no saint. She was beautiful, intelligent and wilful, and in her lifetime there were rumours about her that were not without substance. by careful research the author has produced a vivid biography with a fresh and provocative perspective on this extraordinary woman who was mother of Richard the Lionheart and King John Rubbing to the book edges and to the panels with some creasing of the corners. The rear panel shows handling marks and browning. Tanning, foxing and some staining of the text block edges; age toning of the pages with the occasional foxing spot. Browning and foxing to the first few and last few pages of the book.  Full Number Line. Size: Trade Paperback. 444, [2] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic / Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Royalty; England; Medieval 10th to 15thc; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0712673172. ISBN/EAN: 9780712673174. Inventory No: 0130344. . 9780712673174