Captive Queen, Alison Weir
Captive Queen, Alison Weir
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Captive Queen
A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine

Author: Alison Weir

Narrator: Rosalyn Landor

Unabridged: 19 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/13/2010

Synopsis

Renowned for her highly acclaimed and bestselling British histories, Alison Weir has in recent years made a major impact on the fiction scene with her novels about Queen Elizabeth and Lady Jane Grey. In this latest offering, she imagines the world of Eleanor of Aquitaine, the beautiful twelfthcentury woman who was queen of France until she abandoned her royal husband for the younger man who would become king of England. In a relationship based on lust and a mutual desire for great power, Henry II and Eleanor took over the English throne in 1154, thus beginning one of the most influential reigns and tumultuous royal marriages in all of history. In this novel, Weir uses her extensive knowledge to paint a most vivid portrait of this fascinating woman.

About Alison Weir

Alison Weir is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Innocent Traitor and The Lady Elizabeth and several historical biographies, including Mistress of the Monarchy and The Six Wives of Henry VIII.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Allie on July 25, 2010

Many reviewers have made such a big deal about Eleanor's sexuality in Captive Queen, but I frankly have no problem with it. Eleanor did, after all, leave her first husband King Louis of France, for a younger, handsomer man (and therefore a more promising partner in the bedroom department), he who wo......more

Goodreads review by Blondish And on August 20, 2019

Alison Weir’s fiction and her non-fiction is normally exceptional—this book didn’t quite hit the mark her work normally reaches. It was good, just not great. I think Eleanor of Aquitaine is one of the most interesting women in history. She was married to two different kings, and the mother of more.......more

Goodreads review by Sara on March 27, 2013

I love Alison Weir but I have to say, her fiction did *not* do it for me. This was the first novel I have read from her...I think she would do best to stick with straight up historical/scholarly research and biographies. About a chapter in, I found myself wondering what Harlequin romance I just step......more

Goodreads review by Caroline on June 27, 2011

I'm going to say right off the bat that I have mixed feelings on Alison Weir. On the one hand, her biographies range from good to "Hold on, what." Her credentials are... debatable. I can't really judge, as she's done a lot of her research... But lacks the degree, and that troubles me whenever I'm re......more

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