Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life, Paperback

Reducere. The story of that amazingly influential and still somewhat mysterious woman, Eleanor of Aquitaine, has the dramatic interest of a novel. She was at...

The powerful medieval couple who formed an empire beyond England, and whose children included Richard the Lionheart and King John.Publisher: Amberl...

Reducere. Nearing her thirtieth birthday, Eleanor of Aquitaine has spent the past dozen frustrating years as wife to the pious King Louis VII of France. But ...

Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Alison WeirNumber of pages: 496Collection: England's Medieval QueensPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 129 x...

'Impeccably researched and beautifully written, this book offers a fresh perspective on one of the most controversial queens in history. Not to be ...

New in paperback - In this biography Sara Cockerill has gone back to the primary sources, and the wealth of recent first-rate scholarship, and asse...

When Count Henry of Anjou and his formidable wife Eleanor of Aquitaine became king and queen of England, they amassed an empire stretching 1, 000 m...

When I look back over my long and tempestuous life, I can see that much of what happened to me--my triumphs and most of my misfortunes--was due to ...

A unique look at the extraordinary lives of the royal child brides of the Angevin Empire.

Publisher: Webster's Digital ServicesAuthor(s): Victoria HockfieldIllustration(s): Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 88Publication dat...

Ostensibly about a Scottish couple renovating a crumbling farmhouse in Aquitaine that's been in the family for generations on a shoestring budget, ...

Fitzsimons's eye-opening biography brings new light to the life and works of famed literary icon E. Nesbit, in whom pragmatism and idealism, tradit...

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The captivating and contradictory author of The Railway Children is revealed in stylistic, romantic and political depth in this biography from the ...

Publisher: Amazon PublishingAuthor(s): Carol WyerNumber of pages: 364Collection: Detective Kate YoungPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 172 x 197 x ...

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Reducere. On the occasion of Mozart's two hundred and fiftieth birthday, read Maynard Solomon's Mozart: A Life, universally hailed as the Mozart biography of...

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Reducere. A deeply intimate psychological portrait of a young woman's tragic childhood, her reinvention as a successful young artist in the literary circles ...

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The first major biography of Oscar Wilde in thirty years is the most complete telling of his life and times to date.

A comprehensive new biography exploring the greatness and limits of the 'Iron Chancellor', Otto von Bismarck: a political genius who remade Europe ...

A source of inspiration for Mike Leigh's MR TURNER, in this blend of biography and art history, the author introduces Turner to a new generation, d...

Isaiah Berlin refused to write an autobiography, but he agreed to talk about himself - and so for ten years, he allowed Michael Ignatieff to interv...

Publisher: Paul DavidAuthor(s): Paul DavidNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2006Dimensions: 150 x 210 x 24Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedes...

The revealing and deeply moving autobiography of one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century

Translation of: Montaigne: un biographie politique.

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Publisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Sue PrideauxNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 193 x 138 x 30Cover type: Paperback / ...

Haunted by a mysterious and half remembered event from her early childhood, Marianne's life evolves from her upbringing in Vermont, to her literary...

Eleanor Hooker's second collection of poems sees her move increasingly beyond the confines of home into a more profound relationship with the eleme...

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First full-length study of the campaigns led by Henry of Lancaster in Aquitaine, including a detailed biographical study of the individuals involve...

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