ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE: THE MOTHER QUEEN OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Book ID/图书代码： 00530014B68129
English Summary/英文概要： The dramatic story of an ambitious princess, heiress, and ruler, Eleanor of Aquitaine captures the character of this archetypal medieval queen in all of her beauty and political intrigue
“A monstrous injurer of heaven and earth,” as Shakespeare referred to this powerful medieval matriarch, Eleanor of Aquitaine’s reign as England’s stormiest and most ambitious queen has never been matched.
As the greatest heiress in Europe, she was in turn Queen of France and Queen of England; among her sons were Richard the Lionheart and King John. A magnificent independent ruler in her own right, she lost her power when she married Louis VII of France. She received neither influence nor fame by her second marriage to King Henry II, who jailed her for fifteen years for conspiring and supporting their son’s claim to the throne. Her husband was succeeded by their son, King Richard the Lionheart, who immediately released his mother from prison. Eleanor then acted as Regent while Richard launched the Third Crusade.
Her loveliness and glamour, her throwing-off of the constraints that shackled women of the twelve century, and her very real gifts as a politician and ruler make Eleanor’s story one of the most colorful of the High Middle Ages.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《阿基坦的埃莉诺》描写了这位雄心勃勃的公主传奇的一生，这位女性统治者是中世纪女王的典型代表，她美丽却也充满谋略。
“天上人间的顶级迫害者”，莎士比亚是这么形容这位强大的中世纪女王的，没有任何一位女王能与她的雄心和魄力抗衡。
埃莉诺是欧洲最杰出的女性统治者，她起先是法国的女王，后又成为英国的女王，她的儿子中有狮心王理查德和约翰王。当她嫁给法王路易七世为妻后，她丧失了很多权力。而后又嫁给英王亨利二世，因埃莉诺帮助其儿子企图谋权篡位而被监禁了15年。王位后来还是被狮心王理查德继承，他立即释放了自己的母亲。埃莉诺后充当摄政王辅佐自己的儿子，进行了第三次十字军东征。
埃莉诺拥有美貌与魅力，冲脱了十二个世纪以来对女性的枷锁，她在政治上也相当有谋略与手段，这些都使她成为了中世纪盛时最具传奇色彩的女性之一。（XAT）
Awards/获奖情况：“故事非常扣人心弦，也极具想象力。”——罗伯特•哈钦森，《亨利八世最后的日子》作者
“Gripping and enthralling. No writer of fiction, however imaginative, could dream up more spellbinding plots than what actually happened, so skilfully recounted here.” (Robert Hutchinson, author of The Last Days of Henry VIII)
"well told … brisk, workmanlike." Daily Telegraph
About the Author/作者介绍： 德斯蒙德•西沃德出生于巴黎，毕业于剑桥大学。他的作品有：《理查德三世》、《最后的白玫瑰》、《武士王》和《法国的入侵》。他现居于英格兰。Desmond Seward was born in Paris and educated at Cambridge. He is the author of Richard III, The Last White Rose, and The Warrior King and the Invasion of France. He lives in England.
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