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The Captive Queen
- Author
- Alison Weir
- Narrator
- Julia Franklin
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 1 January 2011
- Run Time
- 19 hours 2 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Historical fiction
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- Author
- Alison Weir
- Narrator
- Julia Franklin
- Duration
- 19 hours 2 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 January 2011
- ISBN
- 9781407467931
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Genre
- Historical fiction
Synopsis
France, 1152. A beautiful woman is escaping through France, leaving behind two young daughters and a shattered marriage. This woman is Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, and her sole purpose is to marry the man she loves, Henry Plantagenet, a man destined for greatness as King of England. Theirs is a union founded on lust which will create a great empire. It will also create the most notoriously vicious marriage in history.
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