The Queen's War: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine #{date(Y)}

This historical novel covers the period around 1173, when Eleanor of Aquitaine was residing in Poitiers and involved in a personal and political struggle with her estranged husband, Henry II of England Mackin takes up both the larger historical situation, and the adventures of Lucie, a yound woman at Eleanor s court, and Sophia, an educated woman who serves Eleanor as an astrologer She does a good job of weaving together the disparate story lines I particularly like the way she portrayed the com [...]