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Rated 5 starsNot One to put down
What can you say about Henry II and his brood? If he expected his sons to be any less ambitious than he was then he was sadly mistaken. This book picks up where The Plantagenet Prelude left off. Most of Henry and Eleanor's children have grown up and married. Eleanor is prisoner through most of this book and Henry is left to defend his kingdom alone without her help and support. She knows things about his children that he...
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Rated 4 starsEleanor's boys vs. her husband
This book was a great history lesson. I wanted so to like Henry II, but it was quite difficult as he made promises to just about everyone that he never intended to keep. He had many mistresses, one in particular who, at the beginning of his 'love' for her, was only twelve and he was a GREAT deal older. Henry II kept his estranged wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, captive for over twelve years, although her captivity was far from...
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Rated 4 starsTHE WORLD'S FOREMOST DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY...
Jean Plaidy, world-renowned historical novelist, in this, the second book of her Plantagenet saga, chronicles the dysfunctional family of King Henry II of England and his Queen, Eleanor of Acquitaine, and their four sons, Henry, Richard, Geoffrey, and John. In many ways, it is reminiscent of the film, "A Lion in Winter".This twelfth century family was a family at war with itself. The father, King Henry II, had mistresses,...
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