So, Weir asserts that Eleanor was an adventurous woman who sought a new life with an equally rebellious mate; that Eleanor's famous utterance about her first husband, "I thought I had married a king, but find that I have married a monk!" The Captive Queen follows Eleanor from her marriage to Henry II to his death, with an epilogue that breezes through Eleanor's last years. Sophie Roberts, Autor: The story goes around Queen Mary of Scott, and at the same time the life of her favorite lady in waiting Charlotte Gray. I guess in a world where everyone is reading 50 Shades of Gray, perhaps this would satisfy the crowd that prefers their sex medieval-style. Eleanor did, after all, leave her first husband King Louis of France, for a younger, handsomer man (and therefore a more promising partner in the bedroom department), he who would later become King Henry II of England. This is the perfect book to read when you are recovering from surgery and are a little drugged up on post-surgery painkillers and can't read anything terribly heavy or serious. Eleanor conceives a sudden passion for young Henry, the future King of England. Welcome back. Louis, regardless of her behavior, was actually quite in love with Eleanor, but eventually acquiesced to her wishes. Dynasties forge and fight, and behind the precarious throne of William Rufus, political intrigue is raging. So she dodges that pet peeve. Indeed, after the annulment of Eleanor’s marriage to Louis and her remarriage to Henry, the union of this royal couple creates a vast empire that stretches from the Scottish border to the Pyrenees—and marks the beginning of the celebrated Plantagenet dynasty. I do not recommend this book. It has a thick, underlaying theme: sex. In this novel on the life of the indomitable Eleanor of Aquitaine, Alison Weir tells the story of a queen with a strong sexual passion for her husband, Henry, even as her marriage to him begins to disintegrate. It comes back increasingly to haunt her. Until she can, she is neither maiden nor wife nor widow, living in a perilous limbo. As Weir states in her afterword, her focus is on Eleanor's marriage to Henry II. Sure. But when Henry of Anjou, the young and dynamic future king of England, arrives at the French court, he and the seductive Eleanor experience a mutual passion powerful enough to ignite the world. She knows about the period, and makes sure to play to that cardinal rule of giving an author's note that explains the authenticity of the information. Esther Wane, Sprecher: In the wild, windswept Welsh Marches, a noble young lord rides homewards, embittered, angry and in danger. But really, every other page had these cliched, overwrought descriptions. While I enjoyed Alison Weir's novels about King Henry VIII's wives, I found her dramatization of the tumultuous life of Eleanor of Aquitaine disappointing. Eleanor conceives a sudden pa. The Captive / AT: Queen of the Night; Captives The Captive - Spurlos verschwunden ist ein Thriller aus dem Jahr 2014 von Atom Egoyan mit Ryan Reynolds , Rosario Dawson und Mireille Enos . The film stars Ryan Reynolds, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson, Mireille Enos, Kevin Durand, and Alexia Fast. Sadly i won't reread this because of how poor (and long!) This story of Eleanor of Aquitaine was at times interesting and at others quite a chore to read. Instead, I found myself rather liking it. The haunting story of the mother of the Tudors, Elizabeth of York, wife to Henry VII. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published We’d love your help. That same night, and for two nights after, the lovers have the "freedom" to satisfy their desire in her bedchamber and pledge to wed. Learn about Author Central. Refresh and try again. At just 19, Katheryn Howard is quick to trust and fall in love. But for me, it was unsatisfying. Most recently, I read The Queen's Pawn by Christy English which focuses on a snippet of Eleanor's life, which is barely touched on in Weir's telling. Everyone knows the King won't stand for a problem queen. Firstly with apologies to the author this must be one of the worst books I have ever read. The characters are shallow, stereotypical, and boring. Louise Brealey, Sprecher: Sarah Feathers, Sprecher: Forced into marriage with Henry VII, she must reconcile her slowly growing love for him with her loyalty to the House of York, and choose between her mother's rebellion and her husband's tyranny. A German Princess with a guilty secret. But really, every other page had these cliched, overwrought descriptions of their sexual escapades. Thankfully, this occurs only for the first half of this novel on Eleanor, as eventually she does lose her sexual power over her husband as she is kept captive away from her family for many years. Badly written nearly to the point of being unreadable, littered with spelling mistakes and incorrectly used words and modern language attributed to 16th century characters. Aoife MacMurchada is just 14 years old when her father Diarmit, King of Leinster, is brutally deposed, and her family is forced to flee Southern Ireland into English exile. Later on though, the book became quite tedius. I love Alison Weir but I have to say, her fiction did *not* do it for me. However, she can write, and I enjoyed "The Lady Elizabeth" as a guilty pleasure. On the one hand, her biographies range from good to "Hold on, what." This is a great book, I finish just right know and I can say, I enjoy this historical book, It keep you awake. I have always admired Alison Weir for her detailed, academic biographies so I was delighted to be able to see her when she came to Kingston to promote this new novel. I have read nearly all of her historical books (excepting, ironically, her nonfiction book on Eleanor of Aquitaine) and both her previous forays into historical fiction. Soon after she married King Henry of England, a man who also could meet her marital expectations. Fiona Hardingham, Autor: It doesn't help that the subject matter, including Henry and Thomas Beckett's fall out, the rebellion of their sons and Eleanor's imprisonment are ALL rather tedius subjects (at least for me at this point in my reading). The book is split into 6 parts. This was the first novel I have read from her...I think she would do best to stick with straight up historical/scholarly research and biographies. The 1400s is usually my stopping point. It’s how she got her nickname, after all. Philippa Gregory, Sprecher: Captive Queen, in contrast, strays widely into Philippa Gregory country. Sweeping in scope, The Lady Elizabeth is a fascinating portrayal of a woman far ahead of her time - whose dangerous and dramatic path to the throne shapes her future greatness. Best-selling author Alison Weir turns her masterly storytelling skills to the early life of young Elizabeth Tudor, who would grow up to become England's most intriguing and powerful queen. It was good, just not great. Her story. Directed by Atom Egoyan. I had read several novels that have endeared me to the rebellious Eleanor, such as the spectacular Plantagenet trilogy by Sharon Kay Penman and Pamela Kaufman's The Book of Eleanor. She sings, she dances. On a scale of Retha Warnicke to Antonia Fraser, she's somewhere in between. Aside from the deplorable writing, the whole novel read like a history textbook. As the title implies, much of the novel takes place after Eleanor, having helped her sons to rebel against their father, is imprisoned by a furious Henry. Not only are the glaring mistakes distracting and often contradictory, the way the author addresses the characters drove me nuts. Having read the reviews of this novel about this year's "It" girl in historical fiction, Eleanor of Aquitaine, I fully expected to hate this book. Political schemes, religious partisanship and unbridled love shake the Royal Court of Scotland at the end of the Stuart dynasty. Tracy Borman, Autor: ©2010 Alison Weir (P)2010 Random House Audiobooks, "Weir sweeps the listener into The Captive Queen… a story that never grows old." It is known that she was quite the unfaithful wife and was not at all physically attracted to him. Find my favorite quotes and follow more reviews at: The book begins with Eleanor's divorce from King Louis of France. I received this book as part of a book tour with Historical Fiction Virtual Book Tours. But if her torturers at the court of King James knew of her love for Tom Wintour, one of the executed members of the gunpowder plot, it would mean certain death.

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