Queens of the Conquest: England's Medieval Queens Book One

from PhilSyphe

I think Alison Weir made a good choice to cover the Norman queens collectively, rather than dedicate individual books to each consort, as there isn't enough info available on any of them to achieve an effective biography. Her biographies on Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabela of France, and Katherine S...

from keristars

Queens of the Conquest is a linear/chronological history of Norman England from the days of William the Conqueror through King Henry II, but it's told through the actions and relations of the queens, which Alison Weir calls by the following names: Matilda of Flanders, Matilda of Scotland, Adeliza...

from briandrewz

An absorbing account of England's first medieval queens. This is the first in a set of books detailing the lives of the medieval queens of England. It is very well researched and sheds light on how they lived and the power they wielded. As a descendant of four of the five queens chronicled on thi...

from queencersei

Queens of the Conquest is a solid historical overview of the various queens (and their husbands) who ruled England from 1066 to around 1164. It beings with the Norman invasion of William the Conqueror and ends with Henry the II and his dynamic queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. The book is carefully re...