TY - BOOK AU - Weir,Alison TI - Eleanor of Aquitaine: a life SN - 0345434870 (pbk.) : AV - DA209.E6 W45 2001 PY - 2001///, c1999 CY - New York PB - Ballantine Books KW - Eleanor, KW - Queens KW - Great Britain KW - Biography KW - France KW - History KW - Henry II, 1154-1189 KW - Louis VII, 1137-1180 N1 - "Ballantine reader's circle"--Cover; Originally published: London : Jonathan Cape, 1999; Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-373) and index N2 - Eleanor of Aquitaine was a complex, boldly original woman who transcended the mores of her society. With astonishing historic detail, mesmerizing pageantry, and irresistible accounts of royal scandal and intrigue, Weir recreates not only a remarkable personality but a magnificent past era ER -