So begins a passionate love that will span decades and change the course of history. In Eleanor, Henry knows he has found a woman whose hunger for life and glory matches his own. Yet the newly christened Duke of Normandy is thoroughly enraptured by the French queen. Ruled by a raging drive to succeed, Henry vows that he will not be cheated of his rightful place on the English throne.
But it is young Henry of Anjou who catches Eleanor's eyeand sets fire to her heart. Fiercely independent, filled with untapped desire, the woman who would be queen must provide Louis VII, her monkish husband, with heirs. Aquitaine is under the French king's safekeeping, and Eleanor, the Duke of Aquitaine's eldest daughter, knows she must wed Prince Louis in order to insure the future of her beloved duchy.
With these words, fifteen-year-old Eleanor seals her fate. Set against the turbulent backdrop of twelfth-century Europe, as two countries compete for world dominion, one woman will take her destiny, and the future of a nation, into her own handsAquitaine is mine. Beloved Enemy: The Passions of Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Novel (The Queens of Love and War Book 2) Kindle Edition by Ellen Jones (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 150 ratings Book 2 of 3: The Queens of Love and War See all formats and editions Kindle Edition £6.
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