Queens of the Age of Chivalry

Beschreibung

The third volume of Alison Weir's magisterial history of the queens of medieval England.<BR><BR>'Weir's history books are as gripping as novels' The Times<BR><BR>Medieval queens were seen as mere dynastic trophies - yet, as Alison Weir shows in this group biography, many of the Plantagenet queens of the High Middle Ages dramatically broke away from the restrictions imposed on their sex.<BR><BR>Using personal letters and fascinating sources, Weir evokes the lives of these five extraordinary women: Marguerite of France, Isabella of France, Philippa of Hainault, Anne of Bohemia and Isabella of Valois.

At the same time, she recreates a truly astonishing period of history - the turbulent, brutal Age of Chivalry.<BR><BR>'Places the reader in the midst of...complex, gripping events, telling the stories of five royal wives who lived through them' BBC History<BR><BR>'Weir is an excellent storyteller' Spectator

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