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Queens of the Crusades : England's medieval queens, 1154-1291
Book
First edition.
"Packed with incredible true stories and legendary medieval intrigue, this epic narrative history chronicles the first five queens from the powerful royal family that ruled England and France for over three hundred years. This remarkable recreation of theaction-packed century that saw the murder of Thomas Becket and the signing of the Magna Carta covers the lives and reigns of the first five Plantagenet queens, who ruled England and France throughout the bloody 1200s, a particularly dramatic and violentperiod of European history. Wars, crusades, treachery, murder, passion, and the interplay between rival monarchs of Britain and France provide a surprising picture of these five ambitious women and their struggle for power. The queens covered in the bookare Eleanor of Aquitaine, Berengaria of Navarre, Isabella of Angouleme, Alienor of Provence and Eleanor of Castile. One of these queens became legendary when, accompanying her husband on crusade, she saved his life by sucking the blood from his poisoned-arrow wound. Equally intriguing are the descriptions of their marriages, including one that was extremely tempestuous, and one that was a love match turned sour when the jealous husband discovered his queen's infidelity and retaliated by killing her loversand hanging their bodies from the canopy of her bed. This second volume of historian Alison Weir's critically acclaimed Medieval Queens series brings these unfamiliar, fascinating royals to life, demonstrating how very much they resemble self-determiningwomen of our own time"--
Available copies
- 7 of 7 copies available at Westchester Library System.
Current holds
0 current holds with 7 total copies.| Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
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| Greenburgh Public Library | 942.03 W (Text) Nonfiction |
31009154690022 |
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| Larchmont Public Library | 942.0309 W (Text) Nonfiction |
31014152960849 |
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| North Castle Public Library | 942.03 W (Text) Nonfiction |
31001151987808 |
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| Pound Ridge Library District | 942.03 WEI (Text) Available In Storage |
31026151021712 |
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| Rye Free Reading Room | TIMES - 942.03 WEIR (Text) Nonfiction |
31028153263946 |
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| Yonkers Grinton I. Will Library | 942.03 W (Text) Nonfiction |
31035613061604 |
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| Yonkers Riverfront Library | 942.03 W (Text) Nonfiction |
31035612057074 |
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