Author: ELLEN JONES
Title: Beloved Enemy
Description: Simon & Schuster, 1994. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 570. Set against the brilliant backdrop of the twelfth-century renaissance, Eleanor of Aquitaine makes her dramatic entrance into history. Twice a queen, mother of two kings, an incomparable woman of her day, she was both ultimate sex symbol and astute politician, whose adventurous and exciting life remains unequaled by any queen before or since. For England and France it was a time of treacherous struggle between church and state, when the obsession to crusade was at its height, the quest for justice led to our common law, and the concept of Romantic Love was born and immortalized in the songs and tales of the troubadours of Aquitaine. Against this dramatic background comes a spectacular work of fiction - Beloved Enemy - a remarkable story of a woman whose passionate and tumultuous nature is rivaled only by the dangerous and violent times in which she lived. Orphaned at fifteen, the beauteous Eleanor becomes the duchess of Aquitaine. Then, forced to marry the bloodless heir to the French throne, she is two months later crowned queen of France. Yet when she meets Henry Plantagenet, the clever and ambitious heir to the English throne, she falls irrevocably in love - an encounter that will change the course of European history. Henry and Eleanor's epic reign springs vibrantly to life, ablaze with the sight of mounted knights, cloaked courtiers, walled cities, and chanting minstrels' voices raised in praise of love and glory. This passionate and turbulent love affair reflects not only the fierce battle of two opposing personalities but also the clash of opposing cultures. In an era of historic change and shifting values, where an emerging class is determined to survive while those in powerfight to persevere, Beloved Enemy becomes a window in time that enables us to examine an age dramatically different from yet strikingly similar to our own. ISBN: 9780671872793. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780671872793
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Title: Beloved Enemy
Description: Simon & Schuster, 1994. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 570. Set against the brilliant backdrop of the twelfth-century renaissance, Eleanor of Aquitaine makes her dramatic entrance into history. Twice a queen, mother of two kings, an incomparable woman of her day, she was both ultimate sex symbol and astute politician, whose adventurous and exciting life remains unequaled by any queen before or since. For England and France it was a time of treacherous struggle between church and state, when the obsession to crusade was at its height, the quest for justice led to our common law, and the concept of Romantic Love was born and immortalized in the songs and tales of the troubadours of Aquitaine. Against this dramatic background comes a spectacular work of fiction - Beloved Enemy - a remarkable story of a woman whose passionate and tumultuous nature is rivaled only by the dangerous and violent times in which she lived. Orphaned at fifteen, the beauteous Eleanor becomes the duchess of Aquitaine. Then, forced to marry the bloodless heir to the French throne, she is two months later crowned queen of France. Yet when she meets Henry Plantagenet, the clever and ambitious heir to the English throne, she falls irrevocably in love - an encounter that will change the course of European history. Henry and Eleanor's epic reign springs vibrantly to life, ablaze with the sight of mounted knights, cloaked courtiers, walled cities, and chanting minstrels' voices raised in praise of love and glory. This passionate and turbulent love affair reflects not only the fierce battle of two opposing personalities but also the clash of opposing cultures. In an era of historic change and shifting values, where an emerging class is determined to survive while those in powerfight to persevere, Beloved Enemy becomes a window in time that enables us to examine an age dramatically different from yet strikingly similar to our own. ISBN: 9780671872793. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780671872793
Price: EUR 12.50 = appr. US$ 13.59 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 1988177
- Book number: 1988177
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