Paperback edition of the novel which recreates the most extraordinary and tempestuous marriage in history, that of Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine and Henry Plantagenet, who became Henry II. Weir is an acclaimed historian and this is her 3rd historical novel, following }Innocent Traitor{ and }The Lady Elizabeth{ It is the year 1152, and a beautiful woman rides through France, fleeing her crown, her two young daughters and a shattered marriage. Her husband, Louis of France has been more monk than monarch, and certainly not a lover.
