Eleanor's Daughter: A Novel of Marie de Champagne - Softcover

McCash, June Hall

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1937937208 ISBN 13: 9781937937201

Publisher: Twin Oaks Press, 2018

Synopsis

In a time when many agreed with Aristotle that women were incomplete males, Marie's birth was a bitter disappointment to her royal parents, French King Louis VII and his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, who desperately wanted a son. Yet, despite her parents' divorce and her separation from her mother when she was only seven, she clearly inherited Queen Eleanor's grit and determination, as well as her love of song and poetry. Today, the name of Marie, who became countess of Champagne, is associated with the medieval courts of love, and she is recognized as one of the greatest literary patrons of her day. As the crusades tore her life apart, she ruled over one of the largest domains in France for almost two decades. During that time, and well aware of the disadvantage of being a woman, she was compelled to defend her rights and those of her children--even to the point of going to war against her half-brother, Philip Augustus. Striving to meet the political demands of her fractured world, she became keenly aware of the competing needs of love, family, honor, and desire. Her story still resonates today.

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Review:

"Medievalist, Francophile and Anglophile readers, as well as readers who just like a good story enhanced with rich and evocative historical detail, will delight in this well told tale of one of history's most dysfunctional and powerful political families. June McCash skillfully weaves her impressive knowledge and understanding of the period into a colorful, twelfth-century saga of love, war, treachery and intrigue. For their courage and strength to challenge the received wisdom of their time, Eleanor of Aquitaine and her daughter Marie are two remarkable women. Highly recommended."  (Brenda Rickman Vantrease, author of The Illuminator)

 

"Rich in historical detail, medieval pageantry, and intrigue, Eleanor's Daughter tells the story of two women who refused to be pawns in the hands of powerful men. The author's deep knowledge of the era provides a rich backdrop to the lives of Eleanor of Aquitaine and her daughter Marie de Champagne." (Tracy Barrett, author of Anna of Byzantium)

 

About this edition

• Publisher: Twin Oaks Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1937937208
• ISBN 13: 9781937937201
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544