Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine

Version: Unabridged
Author: Alison Weir
Narrator: Rosalyn Landor
Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Date: July 2010
Length: 19 hours, 25 minutes
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Overview

Renowned for her highly acclaimed and bestselling British histories, Alison Weir has in recent years made a major impact on the fiction scene with her novels about Queen Elizabeth and Lady Jane Grey. In this latest offering, she imagines the world of Eleanor of Aquitaine, the beautiful twelfth-century woman who was queen of France until she abandoned her royal husband for the younger man who would become king of England. In a relationship based on lust and a mutual desire for great power, Henry II and Eleanor took over the English throne in 1154, thus beginning one of the most influential reigns and tumultuous royal marriages in all of history. In this novel, Weir uses her extensive knowledge to paint a most vivid portrait of this fascinating woman.

Praise for Alison Weir’s work: “Engrossing. Suspenseful. Enormously entertaining.”—Washington Post

Author Details

Author Details

Weir, Alison

Alison Weir is the New York Times bestselling author of the novel Innocent Traitor, and several historical biographies, including Henry VIII, Eleanor of Aquitaine, The Life of Elizabeth, and The Six Wives of Henry VIII. She lives in Surrey, England with her husband and two children.