Queens of the conquest /
by Weir, Alison [author.].
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SoundPublisher: Rearsby : Clipper Audiobooks, 2017Description: 16 CDs (1080 min.) : digital, stereo.ISBN: 9781510071889 (CDs) :.Classification number: 942.0309 WEISubject(s): Queens -- England -- Biography | Audiobooks | Great Britain -- History -- Medieval period, 1066-1485 -- BiographySummary: The story of England's medieval queens is vivid and stirring, packed with tragedy, high drama and even comedy. It is a chronicle of love, murder, war and betrayal, filled with passion, intrigue and sorrow, peopled by a cast of heroines, villains, stateswomen and lovers. Alison Weir strips away centuries of romantic mythology and prejudice to reveal the lives of England's queens in the century after the Norman Conquest. Beginning with Matilda of Flanders, who supported William the Conqueror in his invasion of England in 1066, and culminating in the turbulent life of the Empress Maud, who claimed to be Queen of England in her own right and fought a bitter war to that end, the five Norman queens emerge as hugely influential and fascinating characters. This work is a tale of interconnected lives and a rich portrait of English history in a time of flux.
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| 941.084 LIN We learnt about Hitler at the Mickey Mouse Club a childhood on the eve of war / | 941.086 POW The new Machiavelli | 942.023 SPE The White Ship | 942.0309 WEI Queens of the conquest / | 942.042 COW Henry V | 942.052 WHE Henry VIII's wives | 942.1009 COO The common years |
The story of England's medieval queens is vivid and stirring, packed with tragedy, high drama and even comedy. It is a chronicle of love, murder, war and betrayal, filled with passion, intrigue and sorrow, peopled by a cast of heroines, villains, stateswomen and lovers. Alison Weir strips away centuries of romantic mythology and prejudice to reveal the lives of England's queens in the century after the Norman Conquest. Beginning with Matilda of Flanders, who supported William the Conqueror in his invasion of England in 1066, and culminating in the turbulent life of the Empress Maud, who claimed to be Queen of England in her own right and fought a bitter war to that end, the five Norman queens emerge as hugely influential and fascinating characters. This work is a tale of interconnected lives and a rich portrait of English history in a time of flux.
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