num_pages: 412
description: A riveting novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine's early adult years from the author of The Virgin Widow. Orphaned at a young age Eleanor Duchess of Aquitaine seeks a strong husband to keep her hold on the vast lands that have made her the most powerful heiress in Europe. But her arranged marriage to Louis VII King of France is made disastrous by Louis's weakness of will and fanatical devotion to the Church. Eleanor defies her husband by risking her life on an adventurous Crusade and even challenges the Pope himself. And in young brilliant mercurial Henry d'Anjou she finds her soul mate-the one man who is audacious enough to claim her for his own and make her Queen of England.
language: English
title: Queen Defiant
publisher: Berkley