The autumn throne / Elizabeth Chadwick.
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TextSeries: Chadwick, Elizabeth, Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogy ; 3.Publisher: London : Sphere, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: viii, 488 pages : maps, genealogical table ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781847445438Subject(s): Eleanor, of Aquitaine, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of England, 1122?-1204 -- Fiction | Richard I, King of England, 1157-1199 -- Fiction | Families -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- Henry II, 1154-1189 -- FictionGenre/Form: Biographical fiction. | Historical fiction. DDC classification: 823/.914 Summary: Imprisoned by her husband. Separated from her children. If King Henry II thought these things would push his queen into submission, he was wrong. Eleanor of Aquitaine refused to give into his tyranny. Freed by his death, she became dowager Queen of England. But the competition for land and power that Henry bred among his sons had grown into a dangerous rivalry that Eleanor must skillfully control. Eleanor would need every ounce of courage and fortitude as she crossed the Alps in winter to bring her son Richard his bride, ransom him from imprisonment and deal with his brother John's treachery. Her indomitable spirit would be tested to its limits as she attempted to keep the peace between her warring sons, fend off enemies, and negotiate a magnificent future for a chosen granddaughter.
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Includes bibliography (pages 485-486)
Imprisoned by her husband. Separated from her children. If King Henry II thought these things would push his queen into submission, he was wrong. Eleanor of Aquitaine refused to give into his tyranny. Freed by his death, she became dowager Queen of England. But the competition for land and power that Henry bred among his sons had grown into a dangerous rivalry that Eleanor must skillfully control. Eleanor would need every ounce of courage and fortitude as she crossed the Alps in winter to bring her son Richard his bride, ransom him from imprisonment and deal with his brother John's treachery. Her indomitable spirit would be tested to its limits as she attempted to keep the peace between her warring sons, fend off enemies, and negotiate a magnificent future for a chosen granddaughter.
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