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Queens of the Age of Chivalry

By: Alison Weir
Narrated by: Esther Wane
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Medieval queens were seen as mere dynastic trophies, yet many of the Plantagenet queens of the High Middle Ages dramatically broke away from the restrictions imposed on their sex, as Alison Weir shows in this gripping group biography of England's fourteenth-century consorts.

Using personal letters and wonderfully vivid sources, Alison Weir evokes the lives of five remarkable queens: Marguerite of France, Isabella of France, Philippa of Hainault, Anne of Bohemia and Isabella of Valois.

The turbulent, brutal Age of Chivalry witnessed the Black Death, the Peasants' Revolt, the Hundred Years War against France and savage baronial wars against the monarchy in which these queens were passionately involved. Queens of the Age of Chivalry brilliantly recreates this truly dramatic period of history through the lives of five extraordinary women.

"Stunning... [Weir has] brought those five queens to life like never before. I just raced through it—it has all the drama and suspense of a novel."—Tracy Borman, praise for Queens of Crusades

©2022 Alison Weir (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd Europe Historical Medieval Politics & Activism Royalty Tudor

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I enjoyed this even more than I expected. I knew something about the period and some of the characters but this added so much detail and great insights.

Fantastic listen

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An extraordinarily detailed account of an overlooked part of history which vividly brings to life these long forgotten queen's.

Fascinating

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Fantastic history from the queens perspective. A lot of silver cups and wardrobes but if you can get past that it’s a great listen.

Really interesting

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A well researched piece that managed to convey facts without being too dry .My knowledge of this period had been based mainly on what I had read in novels.This book explained and corrected much that I thought I knew

Well researched

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A very enjoyable and detailed
romp through a part of history which is not so well known

Good history

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Really enjoyed this series of books about medieval queens which gives a glimpse in the their world. Well researched with engaging narration.

Immersive

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If you have not already got ‘Isabella, the she wolf of france’ by weir then definitely consider this book but be warned if you have got the earlier title Weir recycles a lot of that here to the point that it almost feels like it’s been copied word for word. In earlier books in this series Weir specifically did not go over ground she had covered in previous books and explained this was so as not to duplicate. But not here. It’s a shame and makes the book seem rather lazy and padded out with old material. Maybe Weir is getting slap dash or her editors hassling her to meet deadlines, she seems to be churning out not only historical biography but also historical fiction so maybe she’s rather overloaded to the detriment of her work.
I also felt Philippa of Hainault was short changed, she was nominally there but mostly still over shadowed by her mother in law and husband and we didn’t really get a feel for her in her own right.
In conclusion, it’s ok rather than brilliant and significantly less good that weird earlier works.

A lot of old material

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