what I was most impressed with was her ability to convey to the reader all the assorted historical figures and to keep them (mostly) clear.we are talking of upward of fifty main figuresĢ. a clear and careful sequential telling of events through the life of Eleanor and all the most important people in her life. Queen Eleanor is neither aggrandized nor demonized in this history but rather presented as an unusual woman for these most violent and difficult of times.ġ. Weir valiantly and methodically puts the known pieces of her life together and infers and conjectures and fills in her long 82 year life in a respectful and fair way. She continues to be shrouded in mystery as there is a lack of cohesive, impartial information about her as both a woman and sovereign. Queen Eleanor of Aquitane was without doubt one of the most remarkable people of 12th century Western Europe. 3.5 "valiant, informative, clarifying" stars !!
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