Eleanor: A 200-Mile Walk in Search of England's Lost Queen
History comes alive in this delightfully entertaining journey, bringing to light the life of a largely forgotten English queen whose husband honored her memory by placing twelve crosses between Lincoln and London.
An extraordinary historical journey from the author of Eighteen, the acclaimed Sunday Times bestseller.
'Loxton is the leading historian of her generation' Dan Jones, bestselling author of The Templars
In 1290, England mourned the death of a queen, Eleanor of Castile, beloved wife of King Edward I. Her body was carried on a 200-mile journey from Lincoln to London, a solemn procession that would become immortalised in stone. To mark the places where her cortege rested, a heartbroken Edward com...



