Helpful Score: 3
This book was very good in comparison to some of Plaidy's other novels. It was far better than In the Shadow of the Crown, which was the most recent novel by Plaidy that I have read. Although Plaidy is enjoyable, I have come to be spoiled by Philippa Gregory's historical fiction written about this era. Plaidy is much dry in comparison, and I felt that the book would have been better if one-third had been cut from it, specifically all the wishy-washy parts. There were a few slow parts that dragged on, but overall it was a good read. Thanks for sharing!
Kaye F. (Mysty) reviewed The Courts of Love (The Queens of England, Vol 5) on + 227 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Raised in the pleasure loving Aquitaine duchy of France, Eleanor was married young to Louis VII King of France and then to the great Plantagenet Henry II of England. She was passionately engaged in life as a Crusader against the Turks as the mother of two kings Richard the Lionhearted and wicked King John-as a shrewed politician and her husbands prisoner for sixteen years. Told by Eleanor herself, the story is a medieval tapestry come to blazing life with unforgettable scenes of war, betrayal adulterous passions heartbreak love and murder.
