Duchess of Aquitaine: A Novel of Eleanor

"An atmospheric tale of the mythmaking of a young queen" this biographical novel is "a ripping way to learn a history lesson" (Kirkus Reviews).

"Love is for peasants," Eleanor said. "We make alliances. And I intend to make a very good one."

Beautiful and brilliant, Eleanor is the daughter of the duke of Aquitaine, whose glittering court is the twelfth-century birthplace of courtly love. For all of the duke's boasts that Eleanor has the brains of a man and the soul of a warrior, everyone knows...