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xxxiv, 572 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
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English
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A biography of the first Tudor queen, who was the only living descendent of Yorkist King Edward IV, and mother of the infamous Henry VIII, sheds new light on the life of this enigmatic woman and mother of the Tudor dynasty.
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441 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
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English
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A biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine, discussing her early years in twelfth-century Europe, her marriages to France's King Louis VII and England's Henry II, her unprecedented political power, and other aspects of her life.
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xxxiv, 556 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
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English
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"Spanning the years from the Norman conquest in 1066 to the dawn of a new era in 1154, when Henry II succeeded to the throne and Eleanor of Aquitaine, the first Plantagenet queen, was crowned, this ... book brings to ... life five women, including Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, the first Norman king; Matilda of Scotland, revered as the common mother of all England; and Empress Maud, England's first female ruler, whose son King...
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16 audio discs (17.5 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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This epic book brings to vivid life five powerful Norman queens, from Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, to the Empress Matilda, mother to King Henry II, founder of the Plantagenet dynasty. The lives of England's medieval queens were packed with tragedy, betrayal, love, warfare, adultery and mystery -- but their stories are obscured by centuries of myth and prejudice against these powerful women. These Norman queens were actually...
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England's medieval queens volume 2
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xxi, 533 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm.
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English
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"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 Plantagenet queens, who ruled England and France throughout...
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