Book description
When Lady Aude encounters Eleanor of Aquitaine on the wharfs of Antioch, the queen is on crusade but Aude is returning home. The daughter of a French crusader and an Armenian noble, Aude grew up on an estate outside of Jerusalem. To earn her place in the queen's entourage, Aude…
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1 author picked The Queen's Companion as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
It’s not easy to approach such a well-known character as Eleanor of Aquitaine from a new angle. This follow-up to the author’s debut, Pilgrimage, counterposes Queen Eleanor’s experiences during the Second Crusade to the life of Lady Aude, the half-Armenian daughter of a crusader who has spent the last thirty or so years of her life in Europe but now seeks to return to her birthplace in the Holy Land.
What I love about this book is the unfamiliar setting, brought vividly to life, the relationship between Eleanor and Aude, and the complex character of Aude herself, who alternates…
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