Mass Market. Atheneum. National Book Award Finalist. Cover Creased. Clean Text, No Water Damage, Strong Binding. Unless Listed in this decription, VG or Better.

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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. Henry had died even before Eleanor, but he still had not won admission into Heaven. Waiting with Eleanor are Henry's mother, Matilda-Empress, and William the Marshal. 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. 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. 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. And she did all this in a time when a king could keep his queen a prisoner -- and did! This book is a novel, fiction, fantasy even. But everything in it about Eleanor and her family and her times is true.

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Bookseller: Sixth Chamber Used Books/Fox Den Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1491741
Title: proud taste for scarlet and miniver
Author: konigsburg, e.l
Format/Binding: Mass Market
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 068984624X
ISBN 13: 9780689846243
Publisher: Aladdin
Place of Publication: New York
This edition first published: October 1, 2001

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