Error loading page.
Try refreshing the page. If that doesn't work, there may be a network issue, and you can use our self test page to see what's preventing the page from loading.
Learn more about possible network issues or contact support for more help.
Advanced
Title details for Queens of the Age of Chivalry by Alison Weir - Available

Queens of the Age of Chivalry

by Alison Weir
ebook
Read a sample Read a sample

The third volume of Alison Weir's magisterial history of the queens of medieval England.
'Weir's history books are as gripping as novels' The Times
Medieval queens were seen as mere dynastic trophies – yet, as Alison Weir shows in this group biography, many of the Plantagenet queens of the High Middle Ages dramatically broke away from the restrictions imposed on their sex.
Using personal letters and fascinating sources, Weir evokes the lives of these five extraordinary women: Marguerite of France, Isabella of France, Philippa of Hainault, Anne of Bohemia and Isabella of Valois. At the same time, she recreates a truly astonishing period of history – the turbulent, brutal Age of Chivalry.
'Places the reader in the midst of...complex, gripping events, telling the stories of five royal wives who lived through them' BBC History
'Weir is an excellent storyteller' Spectator

Expand title description text
Series: England's Medieval Queens Publisher: Random House

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781473523333
  • Release date: November 3, 2022

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781473523333
  • File size: 18801 KB
  • Release date: November 3, 2022
Loading
Loading

Formats

OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Biography & Autobiography History Women's Studies Nonfiction

Languages

English

The third volume of Alison Weir's magisterial history of the queens of medieval England.
'Weir's history books are as gripping as novels' The Times
Medieval queens were seen as mere dynastic trophies – yet, as Alison Weir shows in this group biography, many of the Plantagenet queens of the High Middle Ages dramatically broke away from the restrictions imposed on their sex.
Using personal letters and fascinating sources, Weir evokes the lives of these five extraordinary women: Marguerite of France, Isabella of France, Philippa of Hainault, Anne of Bohemia and Isabella of Valois. At the same time, she recreates a truly astonishing period of history – the turbulent, brutal Age of Chivalry.
'Places the reader in the midst of...complex, gripping events, telling the stories of five royal wives who lived through them' BBC History
'Weir is an excellent storyteller' Spectator

Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography History Women's Studies Nonfiction