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The Summer Queen

by Elizabeth Chadwick

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Young, golden-haired and blue-eyed Eleanor has everything to look forward to as the heiress to wealthy Aquitaine. But when her beloved father dies suddenly in the summer of 1137, her childhood is over. Forced to marry the young prince Louis of France, she barely adjusts before another death catapults them to being crowned King and Queen of France. Leaving everything behind, Eleanor must face the complex and vivacious French court. She is only 13. Barely out of childhood, and forced to deal with great scandals, fraught relationships and forbidden love at every turn, Eleanor finally sees what her future could hold if she could just seize the moment.

FictionHistoryFiction, psychologicalFiction, biographicalEleanor, of aquitaine, queen, consort of henry ii, king of england, 1122?-1204, fictionFrance, fictionFiction, historicalFiction, historical, general