The Summer Queen, Elizabeth Chadwick
The Summer Queen, Elizabeth Chadwick
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The Summer Queen
A loving mother. A betrayed wife. A queen beyond compare.

Author: Elizabeth Chadwick

Narrator: Katie Scarfe

Unabridged: 18 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/20/2013

Synopsis

'An author who makes history come gloriously alive' The Times
'Meticulous research and strong storytelling' Woman & Home
'A sumptuous ride' Toby Clements, Daily Telegraph

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Eleanor of Aquitaine
A loving mother. A betrayed wife. A queen beyond compare.

Eleanor of Aquitaine's story is legendary. She is an icon who has fascinated readers for over eight hundred years. But the real Eleanor remains elusive - until now. Based on the most up-to-date research, bestselling novelist Elizabeth Chadwick brings Eleanor's magnificent story to life, as never before.

Young, vibrant, privileged, Eleanor's future is golden as the heiress to wealthy Aquitaine. But when her beloved father dies suddenly in the summer of 1137, her childhood ends abruptly. Forced to marry the young prince Louis of France, Eleanor is still struggling to adjust to her new role when Louis' father dies and they become King and Queen of France. Leaving everything behind, the vivacious Eleanor must face the complex and faction-riddled French court. She is only 13.

Overflowing with scandal, politics, sex, triumphs and tragedies, The Summer Queen is the first novel in a stunning trilogy from award-winning and much-loved author Elizabeth Chadwick

The next two books - The Winter Crown and The Autumn Throne - are available to buy NOW in paperback and ebook.

Praise for Elizabeth Chadwick

'Enjoyable and sensuous' Daily Mail

'Stunning grasp of historical details... Her characters are beguiling and the story is intriguing and very enjoyable' Barbara Erskine

'Renowned historical novelist Chadwick tells this battle-of-the-sexes story from a woman's point of view' New York Post

About Elizabeth Chadwick

New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Chadwick lives in a cottage in the Vale of Belvoir in Nottinghamshire with her husband and their four dogs. Her first novel, The Wild Hunt, won a Betty Trask Award, To Defy a King won the Romantic Novelist Association's Historical Novel Prize and The Scarlet Lion was nominated by Richard Lee - founder of the Historical Novel Society - as one of the top ten historical novels of the last decade. She often lectures at conferences and historical venues, has been consulted for television documentaries and is a member of the Royal Historical Society.Keep in touch with Elizabeth via her website, her blogs or on social media.www.elizabethchadwick.comtwitter: @chadwickauthorfacebook: ElizabethChadwick

Reviews

Goodreads review by Paula on June 23, 2013

I often ask myself what drives me to keep reading novels about figures I know so well. I have read numerous biographies on Eleanor of Aquitaine, I have read about her in novels and I have travelled to France and England to walk in her footsteps. I know all of the key points in her life, the known fa......more

Goodreads review by Heidi on February 05, 2024

I’ve been fascinated with Eleanor of Aquitaine ever since watching Hepburn play her in The Lion in Winter— but so much of that movie was lost to me because I really had no idea of what came before in Eleanor’s story. I just remember Hepburn’s intensity. Now I know — and all I can say is WOW. Alienor......more

Goodreads review by Luthien on November 24, 2015

Also published on Luthien Reviews. At the beginning of The Summer Queen, we meet thirteen-year-old Alienor, the eldest daughter and heir of William X, Duke of Aquitaine, on the eve of her father’s pilgrimage of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. When the sickly duke dies on the pilgrimage road, Alienor......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on September 27, 2015

My standards might have been too high for this one to meet. I cannot read the story of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine without having Sharon Kay Penman's novels in the back of my mind. Chadwick's version has a different focus, so far, looking at Eleanor as a young girl and Queen of France, so that......more

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Meticulous research and strong storytelling. The first in a trilogy about the passions and scandals in the 12th-century French court Woman & Home

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