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Eleanor of Aquitaine A Biography


Free Download Marion Meade, "Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography"
English | 1991 | pages: 416 | ISBN: 0140153381 | EPUB | 3,7 mb
"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.

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Plantagenet Princesses The Daughters of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II [Audiobook]


Free Download Plantagenet Princesses: The Daughters of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CFZP74KZ | 2023 | 10 hours and 5 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 284 MB
Author: Douglas Boyd
Narrator: Gareth Richards

A unique look at the lives of two daughters that highlights the dichotomy of lives of royal women, as both daughters and mothers of kings, who also knew both prison and power. The names of few medieval monarchs and their queens are better known than Eleanor of Aquitaine, uniquely queen of France and queen of England, and her second husband Henry II. Although academically labeled "medieval," their era was the violent transition from the Dark Ages, when countries’ borders were defined with fire and sword.

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