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The author uses the framework of the intense relationship between Queen Anne and her lady-in-waiting and closest friend, Sarah Marlborough, to rescue Queen Anne from long-held perceptions of her as indecisive and easily manipulated.
Queen Anne was one of Britain's most remarkable monarchs. With a personal life riven by passion, illness and intrigue -- she presided over some of the most momentous events in British history. Like books by Antonia Fraser or Amanda Foreman and based on years of original research…
The author uses the framework of the intense relationship between Queen Anne and her lady-in-waiting and closest friend, Sarah Marlborough, to rescue Queen Anne from long-held perceptions of her as indecisive and easily manipulated.
Queen Anne was one of Britain's most remarkable monarchs. With a personal life riven by passion, illness and intrigue -- she presided over some of the most momentous events in British history. Like books by Antonia Fraser or Amanda Foreman and based on years of original research…
"Renowned in her time for being the most beautiful woman in Europe, the wife of two kings and the mother of three, Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the great heroines of the Middle Ages. Although she lived in an age in which women were regarded as little more than chattel, Eleano…
Renowned in her time for being the most beautiful woman in Europe, the wife of two kings and the mother of three, Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the great heroines of the Middle Ages. At a time when women were regarded as little more than chattel, Eleanor managed to defy conven…
A biography of one of the most influential women of the Middle Ages discusses her marriages to Louis VII of France and Henry II of England, and her later efforts to secure the throne of England for her sons.
A biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine, discussing her early years in twelfth-century Europe, her marriages to France's King Louis VII and England's Henry II, her unprecedented political power, and other aspects of her life.
A biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine, discussing her early years in twelfth-century Europe, her marriages to France's King Louis VII and England's Henry II, her unprecedented political power, and other aspects of her life.
A biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine, discussing her early years in twelfth-century Europe, her marriages to France's King Louis VII and England's Henry II, her unprecedented political power, and other aspects of her life.
A biography of one of the most influential women of the Middle Ages discusses her marriages to Louis VII of France and Henry II of England, and her later efforts to secure the throne of England for her sons.