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010    2010014855 
020    9780345511874 (alk. paper) 
020    0345511875 (alk. paper) 
035    (OCoLC)462880106 
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092    |fF|aWEIR 
100 1  Weir, Alison,|d1951-|eauthor. 
245 10 Captive queen :|ba novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine /|cAlison
       Weir. 
250    First U.S. edition. 
264  1 New York :|bBallantine Books,|c[2010] 
264  4 |c©2010 
300    478 pages :|billustrations, map ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Originally published: London : Hutchinson, c2010. 
520    The author harks back to the twelfth century with a 
       sensuous and tempestuous tale that brings vividly to life 
       England's most passionate and destructive royal couple: 
       Eleanor of Aquitaine and King Henry II. Nearing her 
       thirtieth birthday, Eleanor has spent the past dozen 
       frustrating years as consort to the pious King Louis VII 
       of France. For all its political advantages, the marriage 
       has brought Eleanor only increasing unhappiness and 
       daughters instead of the hoped for male heir. But when the
       young and dynamic Henry of Anjou arrives at the French 
       court, Eleanor sees a way out of her discontent. For even 
       as their eyes meet for the first time, the seductive 
       Eleanor and the virile Henry know that theirs is a passion
       that could ignite the world. Returning to her duchy of 
       Aquitaine after the annulment of her marriage to Louis, 
       Eleanor immediately sends for Henry, the future King of 
       England, to come and marry her. The union of this royal 
       couple will create a vast empire that stretches from the 
       Scottish border to the Pyrenees, and marks the beginning 
       of the celebrated Plantagenet dynasty. But Henry and 
       Eleanor's marriage, charged with physical heat, begins a 
       fiery downward spiral marred by power struggles, betrayals,
       bitter rivalries, and a devil's brood of young 
       Plantagenets including Richard the Lionheart and the 
       future King John. Early on, Eleanor must endure Henry's 
       formidable mother, the Empress Matilda, as well as his 
       infidelities, while in later years, Henry's friendship 
       with Thomas Becket will lead to a deadly rivalry. 
       Eventually, as the couple's rebellious sons grow impatient
       for power, the scene is set for a vicious and tragic 
       conflict that will engulf both Eleanor and Henry. This is 
       an historical novel that encompasses the building of an 
       empire and the monumental story of a royal marriage. 
600 00 Eleanor,|cof Aquitaine, Queen, consort of Henry II, King 
       of England,|d1122?-1204|vFiction. 
651  0 Great Britain|xHistory|yHenry II, 1154-1189|vFiction. 
651  0 France|xHistory|yLouis VII, 1137-1180|vFiction. 
655  7 Biographical fiction.|2gsafd 
655  7 Historical fiction.|2gsafd