Queen Eleanor (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Polly Schoyer Brooks
- First Published: 1983
- Time of Work: 1122–1204
- Setting: France, England, the Holy Land, Sicily, Germany, and Spain
- Principal Characters: Eleanor of Aquitaine, Louis VII, Raymond, Bernard of Clairvaux, Henry II, Thomas Becket, Richard I, John Lackland, Marie, Philip II Augustus
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Family or family life, Mothers, Parents and children, France or French people, Marriage, England or English people, Kings, queens, or royalty, Captivity, Middle Ages, Biography
- Locales: France, Spain, England, Holy Land, Germany, Sicily, Italy
Form and Content
Queen Eleanor: Independent Spirit of the Medieval World recounts the life of this famous medieval queen. Polly Schoyer Brooks adopts a chronological approach in presenting Eleanor’s life, from her birth in 1122 to her death in 1204. Following an introduction about Eleanor’s youth in her ancestral Aquitaine, the story of Eleanor’s life unfolds in fifteen chapters. The book concludes with an author’s note about how Brooks envisions Eleanor’s physical appearance, a chronology of major events and historical milestones in Eleanor’s life, and a...
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