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    Eleanor of Aquitaine

    A Biography

    Author Marion Meade
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    $27.00 US
    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Books
    6.18"W x 9.22"H x 0.91"D   | 16 oz | 24 per carton
    On sale Nov 01, 1991 | 416 Pages | 9780140153385
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    "Marion Meade has told the story of Eleanor, wild, devious, from a thoroughly historical but different point of view: a woman's point of view."—Allene Talmey, Vogue.
    MARION MEADE is the author of DOROTHY PARKER: What Fresh Hell Is This? She has also written biographies of Woody Allen, Buster Keaton, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Madame Blavatsky, and Victoria Woodhull, as well as two novels about medieval France. She lives in New York City. View titles by Marion Meade
    The Family of Eleanor of Aquitaine
    Preface
    Acknowledgments
    Prologue
    A Child in the Land of Love
    The Devil and the Monk
    Behind the Red Cross
    To Jerusalem
    The Unwanted Crown
    Stalking the Planta Genesta
    Queen of the English
    Betrayals
    The Court of Love
    The Wheel of Fortune Turns
    Autumn and After
    The Last Battle
    Notes and Sources
    Bibliography
    Index

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    "Marion Meade has told the story of Eleanor, wild, devious, from a thoroughly historical but different point of view: a woman's point of view."—Allene Talmey, Vogue.

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    MARION MEADE is the author of DOROTHY PARKER: What Fresh Hell Is This? She has also written biographies of Woody Allen, Buster Keaton, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Madame Blavatsky, and Victoria Woodhull, as well as two novels about medieval France. She lives in New York City. View titles by Marion Meade

    Table of Contents

    The Family of Eleanor of Aquitaine
    Preface
    Acknowledgments
    Prologue
    A Child in the Land of Love
    The Devil and the Monk
    Behind the Red Cross
    To Jerusalem
    The Unwanted Crown
    Stalking the Planta Genesta
    Queen of the English
    Betrayals
    The Court of Love
    The Wheel of Fortune Turns
    Autumn and After
    The Last Battle
    Notes and Sources
    Bibliography
    Index

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