Eleanor of Aquitaine was a biography about... wait for it.... Eleanor of Aquitaine. For those who don't remember their Western Civ classed, Eleanor was the Duchess of Aquitaine in the late 1100s and early 1200s. She was a Queen of France and a Queen of England, and mother to two Kings of England as well-King Richard I (the Lionheart) and King John (signer of the Magna Carta).
Biographies are hard to review, so all I can really say is that I found the book quite interesting. I have read several fictionalized books about Eleanor, so it was nice to see what was fact and what was fiction. Eleanor was a fascinating women, and lived a very full life during a time few women had that ability.
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Alison Weir
10/73
