Captive Queen : A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine

from MillieHennessy

Captive Queen spans the life of Eleanore of Aquitaine, starting with her failed marriage to Louis of France and then focusing on her turbulent marriage to Henry of Anjou. The opening is heavily sexual, and Eleanore's strong desire for Henry continues throughout the story, despite all that goes wr...

from Bookaliciouspam

I am a big fan of Weir and her Historical books as well as her fiction. I love the way she portrayed Eleanor and I do believe it is very close to character. If you haven't read Weir you can begin with this book. The life of Eleanor was so amazingly complicated and her children were such forces of...

from soliloquies

Weir moves on from the Tudor period to write about Eleanor of Aquitaine and her turbulent relationship with Henry II. We follow Eleanor's life from the decline of her marriage to Louis, the French King to her death. Weir cherry picks the more intriguing aspects of Eleanor's life, and although doe...

from queencersei

Alison Weir has written a highly informative and readable book on Eleanor of Aquitaine. Unfortunately the Captive Queen is not that book. In this novel the indomitable Eleanor is depicted as little more than a vapid sex pot. And as other reviewers have already noted the dialog in the book is too ...

from aussieavidreader

Unfortunately I was disappointed with this book overall. The earlier chapters were too much along the lines of a bodice ripper rather than serious historical fiction. It did improve towards the end of the book....but still...disappointing. Doesn't hold a candle to Sharon Penman's work on Eleanor.