Eleanor of Aquitaine de Weir; Weir, Alison - 1999

Random House of Canada. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Hardback. Acceptable.

Hardback. Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

Random House of Canada. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Random House of Canada. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London, England: Jonathan Cape, 1999. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Third Printing. Minor wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; a very good reading copy; illustrated with black and white photographs and reproductions of medieval art; dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover..

London: Jonathan Cape, 1999 Book. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Well researched biography of the wife of Louis VII of France and Henry II of England, mother of Richard the Lionheart and King John. 444pp with index, illustrated with 9 pages of black and white photographs, 4 pages of maps, plus genealogical tables to rear. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine and corners and minor marking to edges, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. DJ is unclipped, with some edge wear and internal tape repairs, otherwise good..

London: Jonathan Cape Ltd. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1999. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Minor shelf wear to unclipped DJ, light foxing to edges of reading block. ; Fifth printing. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, dark blue endpapers. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Very heavy book and priced accordingly. DJ detail from window in Poitiers Cathedral. ; B&W Photographs; 464 pages; Detailed study of one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages. .

London: Jonathan Cape. Hardcover. Eleanor of Aquitaine. By the Wrath of God, Queen of England. Previous owners name to inside cover.Very slight shelf wear to edge of D/J. Tiny closed tear to front bottom corner of D/J. Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine was one of the leading personalities of the Middle Ages, and one of the most controversial. A great heiress, she inherited a vast feudal domain stretching from the Loire to the Pyrenees. Eleanor was no saint. She was beautiful, intelligent and wilful, and in her lifetime there were rumours about her that were not without substance. Her contemporaries were sometimes scandalised by her behaviour. Eleanor married in turn Louis VII of France and Henry II of England, and was the mother of Richard the Lionheart and King John. She lived to be eighty-two, but it was only in old age that she triumphed over the adversities and tragedies of her earlier years and became virtual leader of England. Eleanor has exerted a fascination over writers and biographers for 800… Leer más