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Queens of the Age of Chivalry by Alison Weir

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Also by Alison Weir:

Queens of the Age of Chivalry, December 2023
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The King's Pleasure, June 2023
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The Last White Rose, April 2023
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Queens of the Age of Chivalry, December 2022
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The Last White Rose, May 2022
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Queens of the Crusades, December 2020
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Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait, May 2020
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Queens of the Conquest, September 2018
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Queens of the Conquest, October 2017
Hardcover / e-Book
Elizabeth of York, December 2013
Paperback
Mary Boleyn, October 2011
Hardcover
Captive Queen, July 2010
Hardcover
The Lady in the Tower, January 2010
Hardcover
The Lady Elizabeth, November 2008
Paperback
Innocent Traitor, January 2008
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The Wars Of The Roses, July 1996
Paperback (reprint)

Queens of the Age of Chivalry
Alison Weir

Volume 3
Ballantine Books
December 2023
On Sale: December 5, 2023
576 pages
ISBN: 1101966742
EAN: 9781101966747
Kindle: B09TZR6N6Z
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Historical

Packed with dramatic true stories from one of European history’s most romantic and turbulent eras, this epic narrative chronicles the five vividly rendered queens of the Plantagenet kings who ruled England between 1299 and 1399.

The Age of Chivalry describes a period of medieval history dominated by the social, religious, and moral code of knighthood that prized noble deeds, military greatness, and the game of courtly love between aristocratic men and women. It was also a period of high drama in English history, which included the toppling of two kings, the Hundred Years War, the Black Death, and the Peasants’ Revolt. Feudalism was breaking down, resulting in social and political turmoil.

Against this dramatic milieu, Alison Weir describes the lives and reigns of five queen consorts: Marguerite of France was seventeen when she became the second wife of sixty-year-old King Edward I. Isabella of France, later known as “the She-Wolf,” dethroned her husband, Edward II, and ruled England with her lover. In contrast, Philippa of Hainault was a popular queen to the deposed king’s son Edward III. Anne of Bohemia was queen to Richard II, but she died young and childless. Isabella of Valois became Richard’s second wife when she was only six years old, but was caught up in events when he was violently overthrown.

This was a turbulent and brutal age, despite i

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