Weir, Alison

Summary: "Packed with incredible true stories and legendary medieval intrigue, this epic narrative history chronicles the first five queens from the powerful royal family that ruled England and France for over three hundred years. This remarkable recreation of the action-packed century that saw the murder of Thomas Becket and the signing of the Magna Carta covers the lives and reigns of the first five...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2021

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Weir, Alison

Summary: "Packed with dramatic true stories from one of European history's most romantic and turbulent eras, this epic narrative chronicles the five vividly rendered queens of the Plantagenet kings who ruled England between 1299 and 1399. The Age of Chivalry describes a period of medieval history dominated by the social, religious, and moral code of knighthood that prized noble deeds, military greatness...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2022

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Weir, Alison

Contents: Prologue: "Now take heed what love may do" -- "The most illustrious maid of York" -- "Madame la Dauphine" -- "This act of usurpation" -- "The whole design of this plot" -- "Her only joy and maker" -- "Purposing a conquest" -- "Our bridal torch" -- "In blest wedlock" -- "Offspring of the race of kings" -- "Damnable conspiracies" -- "Bright Elizabeth" -- "Elysabeth ye Quene" -- "Unbounded love"...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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