01955cam a2200337 4500 553015236 TxAuBib 20140509120000.0 100616s2010||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2010025773 9781410429261 lg. print 1410429261 lg. print (OCoLC)642352317 DLC DLC IK2 MPC LF3 RKA TxAuBib Weir, Alison. Captive queen [Large Print] : a novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine / Alison Weir. Large print ed. Detroit : Thorndike Press/Gale Cengage Learning, 2010. 819 p. (large print) : map ; 23 cm. Thorndike Press large print historical fiction Genealogical table: Eleanor and her family connections -- Marriage of lions, 1151-1154 -- This turbulent priest, 1155-1171 -- Cubs shall awake, 1171-1173 -- Poor prisoner, 1173-1189 -- Eagle rejoices, 1189 -- Envoi: Winchester, 1189. Nearing thirty, Eleanor of Aquitaine's dozen years as consort to the pious King Louis VII have brought her only unhappiness. Then the young, dynamic Henry of Anjou arrives at the French court, and both know that theirs is a passion that could ignite the world. Eleanor has her marriage annulled and sends for Henry to come and marry her - marking the creation of a vast empire, the birth of the Plantagenet dynasty, and the beginning of a fiery downward spiral. 20140509. Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of England 1122?-1204 Fiction. Large type books. Great Britain History Henry II, 1154-1189 Fiction. France History Louis VII, 1137-1180 Fiction. Biographical fiction. lcgft Historical fiction. lcgft Thorndike Press large print historical fiction.