Book description
An enchanting historical drama set in Medieval France! For fans of Philippa Gregory, Elizabeth Chadwick, Carol McGrath and Anne O’Brien.
Joanna and Alice are forced from dazzling court life to bleak confinement…
1173, France
Eleanor of Aquitaine has been arrested for rebelling against her husband, King Henry II of England.
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Eleanor of Aquitaine is certainly one of the most formidable women of the Middle Ages; not just because she was queen to two kings, but because she had the courage to openly defy them both.
Consequently, I raced to order Coirle Mooney’s first novel in her The Medieval Ladies series, followed quickly by the second, The Cloistered Lady. I absolutely love the author’s ability to craft vivid descriptions of time and place, especially the uncommon setting of the nunnery at Fontrevault. Joanna, Queen Eleanor’s lady-in-waiting, is a delightfully complex character.
Like Christina Kohl in my series, she is wonderfully human;…
From Lee's list on medieval fiction with fierce female protagonists.
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