The Autumn Throne (Eleanor of Aquitaine, #3)

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England, 1176 Imprisoned by her husband, King Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of England, refuses to let her powerful husband bully her into submission, even as he forces her away from her children and her birthright Freed only by Henry s death, Eleanor becomes dowager Queen of England But the competition for land and power that Henry stirred up among his sons has intensified to a dangerous rivalry Eleanor will need every ounce of courage and fortitude as she crosses the Alps in winter to bring Richard his bride, and travels medieval Europe to ransom her beloved son But even her indomitable spirit will be tested to its limits as she attempts to keep the peace between her warring sons, and find a place in the centres of power for her daughters Eleanor of Aquitaine s powerful story is brought to a triumphant and beautiful close by much loved author Elizabeth Chadwick Read The Autumn Throne (Eleanor of Aquitaine, #3) author Elizabeth Chadwick – kino-fada.fr I have read books by hundreds of authors and Elizabeth Chadwick occupies my number one spot among them No author brings the Middle Ages to such vivid life Eleanor of Aquitaine was such a remarkable woman that even 800 yrs after her death she still has no equal With the conclusion of this series I feel like I have lost a friend Even if you re not sure about historical fiction centered around this time period I promise you ll be a fan of EC after one novel The biggest compliment I can give th I have read books by hundreds of authors and Elizabeth Chadwick occupies my number one spot among them No author brings the Middle Ages to such vivid life Eleanor of Aquitaine was such a remarkable woman that even 800 yrs after her death she still has no equal With the conclusion ...The Autumn Throne flows smoothly as the reader is captured by Elizabeth Chadwick s exquisite prose that tells the tale of Eleanor of Aquitaine s last years Beginning with her years of imprisonment by order of her husband King Henry II at the Palace of Sarum, she is freed by her son Richard Lionheart The novel spans her last 30 years of life until her death at Fontevraud Abbey Now a widow, in her last 30 years Eleanor lived a period of glory and loss If this volume lacks the ups and down of h The Autumn Throne flows smoothly as the reader is captured by Elizabeth Chadwick s exquisite prose that tells the tale of Eleanor of Aquitaine s last years Beginning with her years of imprisonment by order of her husband King Henry II at the Palace of Sarum, she is freed by her son Richard Lionheart The novel spans he...I seem to be developing quite a taste for royal historical novels I m slowly expanding my reading beyond that of the Plantagenet Tudor times and that s one of the two reasons I downloaded this as an arc from netgalley.The other reason waspersonal I m keen on genealogy and Eleanor or Alienor in the book is actually my 25th great grandmother I know this is a work of fiction but as with many of these based on extensive research so fascinating to discover what this woman and great grandd I seem to be developing quite a taste for royal historical novels I m slowly expanding my reading beyond that of the Plantagenet Tudor times and that s one of the two reasons I downloaded this as an arc from netgalley.The other reason waspersonal I m keen on genealogy and Eleanor or Alienor in the book is actually my 25th great grandmother I know this is a work of fiction but as with many of these based on extensive research so fascinating to discover what this woman and great granddad King John was potentially like And what a woman I love the idea that well into her 70 s she was still extensively travelling and being involved in politics I really struggled to like eldest son Richard Lionheart and wondering if that s latent DNA of being related to his brother It made me chuckle anyway In terms of the actual book, it s a long story covering 30 years and sometimes I felt th...A daunting task it must be to breathe freshness into a formidable historical persona with the unmatched fiery spirit of anyone in her era, and to illuminate such a larger than life character in a work of fiction In Summer Queen, young Alienor of Aquitaine became queen to King Louis VII of France, and later in Winter Crown, as queen to King Henry II of England, she bore England s sovereign eight children Chadwick s last installment in the trilogy of Alienor of Aquitaine picks up as she is impri A daunting task it must be to breathe freshness into a formidable historical persona with the unmatched fiery spirit of anyone in her era, and to illuminate such a larger than life character in a work of fiction In Summer Queen, young Alienor of Aquitaine became queen to King Louis VII of France, and later in Winter Crown, as queen to King Henry II of England, she bore England s sovereign eight children Chadwick s last installment in the trilogy of Alienor of Aquitaine picks up as she is imprisoned by Henry at Sarum Castle for supporting a rebellion by his sons, and proceeds with the telling of the autumn of her life, of the distrust by Henry for her and their Devil s Brood, aptly portraying a dysfunctional royal family Flanked on occas...The Autumn Throne is the third and final book in Elizabeth Chadwick s Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogy and brings to a close the riveting and fascinating story of this tremendously interesting woman A duchess in her own right, but also a queen twice over, she was quite the stateswoman within the confines and attitudes of the times She was a tigress where her children were concerned, especially her sons, but also as revealed by this author s scholarship and thorough research a loving mother w The Autumn Throne is the third and final book in Elizabeth Chadwick s Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogy and brings to a close the riveting and fascinating story of this tremendously interesting woman A duchess in her own right, but also a queen twice over, she was quite the stateswoman within the confines and attitudes of the times She was a tigress where her children were concerned, especially her sons, but also as revealed by this author s scholarship and thorough research a loving mother who suffered much in her ambitions for her children.Eleanor orcorrectly Alienor, was banished and held captive by her second husband Henry II after she supported her two eldest sons in a revolt against Henry The Autumn Throne begins with Alienor having already served two years of what was to be fifteen years of im...Absolutely perfect.The third book in Elizabeth Chadwick s Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogy, The Autumn Throne details the last twenty eight years of Alienor s life, starting from her incarceration for having supported her sons in revolt against her husband King Henry II to her death in 1204 In between are periods of glory and discontent, of war and peace, of gains and losses, of joys and tears and through it all, Alienor has remained a steadfast queen and a constant fixture within the political realm Eleanor of Aqui The third book in Elizabeth Chadwick s Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogy, The Autumn Throne details the last twenty eight years of Alienor s life, starting from her incarceration for having supported her sons in revolt against her husband King Henry II to her death in 1204 In between...3.5 starsThe final book of the Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogy EC always writes biographical novels better than her historical romances and, this being the last part of Alienor s life EC s chosen spelling, as being how she signed herself there s not a lot of romance going on, thankfully It s a competent account but leaves something to be desired In her author s note she explains that she left the issue of Richard s sexuality alone as there really isn t any evidence for homosexu...I have always been fascinated by this period of history and so I entered this Goodreads Giveaway hoping I would be one of the lucky ones chosen When it arrived I could hardly wait to start reading In Junior School I felt so sorry for all those disappearing Plantagenets and a little later I lapped up the film, The Lion in Winter Here is the same story from the female perspective and it is told so well Obviously when you write a historical novel the balance has to be between fact, fiction, inv I have always been fascinated by this period of history and so I entered this Goodreads Giveaway hoping I would be one of the lucky ones chosen When it arrived I could hardly wait to start reading In Junior School I felt so sorry for all those disappearing Plantagenets and a little later I lapped up the film, The Lion in Winter Here is the same story from the female perspective and it is told so well Obviously when you write a historical novel the balance has to be between fact, fiction, invention and implied fact and you need to hold the reader s attention Elizabe...Much as I love work by Elizabeth Chadwick I think I am getting a bit Eleanored out The book flows and Chadwick certainly makes Eleanor and the other characters in the book become real people, but I have read so many books on either Eleanor, or those aro...

The Autumn Throne (Eleanor of Aquitaine, #3)
  • English
  • 15 September 2017
  • Paperback
  • 512 pages
  • 1402296843
  • Elizabeth Chadwick
  • The Autumn Throne (Eleanor of Aquitaine, #3)