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Duchess of Aquitaine: A Novel of Eleanor

by Margaret Ball · 2006

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Inheriting France's richest province at the age of fifteen, duke's daughter Eleanor becomes vulnerable to fortune hunters and successfully plots to marry King Louis before considering a more powerful alliance with Henry II of England.

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medievalmedievalMore like thisLess of thisFranceFranceMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
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