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Queens of the conquest

"Spanning the years from the Norman conquest in 1066 to the dawn of a new era in 1154, when Henry II succeeded to the throne and Eleanor of Aquitaine, the first Plantagenet queen, was crowned, this ... book brings to ... life five women, including Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror,...

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Main Author: Weir, Alison, 1951- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Ballantine Books, 2017.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Series:Weir, Alison, 1951- England's medieval queens ; 1.
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Matilda, > Queen, consort of William I, King of England, > -1083.
Matilda, > Queen, consort of Henry I, King of England, > 1080-1118.
Adeliza, > of Louvain, Queen, consort of Henry I, King of England, > approximately 1109-1151.
Matilda, > of Boulogne, Queen, consort of Stephen, King of England, > approximately 1103-1152.
Matilda, > Empress, consort of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, > 1102-1167.
Queens > Great Britain > Biography.
Monarchy > Great Britain > History > To 1500.
Great Britain > History > Norman period, 1066-1154.
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Summary:"Spanning the years from the Norman conquest in 1066 to the dawn of a new era in 1154, when Henry II succeeded to the throne and Eleanor of Aquitaine, the first Plantagenet queen, was crowned, this ... book brings to ... life five women, including Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, the first Norman king; Matilda of Scotland, revered as the common mother of all England; and Empress Maud, England's first female ruler, whose son King Henry II would go on to found the Plantagenet dynasty"--Amazon.com.
Physical Description:xxxiv, 556 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-532) and index.
ISBN:9781101966662
1101966661
9781101966679
110196667X
9781101966686
1101966688
Author Notes:Alison Weir was born in London, England on July 8, 1951. She received training to be a teacher with a concentration in history from the North Western Polytechnic. Before becoming a full-time writer, she worked as a civil servant and ran her own school for children with learning difficulties from 1991 to 1997. Her first book, Britain's Royal Families, was published in 1989. Her other books include The Six Wives of Henry VIII; Children of England; Eleanor of Aquitaine; Henry VIII: King and Court; Mary, Queen of Scots; and Isabella.

Her first novel, Innocent Traitor, was published in 2006. Her other novels include The Lady Elizabeth, The Lady in the Tower: The Fall of Anne Boleyn, The Captive Queen, A Dangerous Inheritance, and Katherine of Aragon, the True Queen.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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