Author:
Weir, Alison, 1951- author.
Edition Statement:First U.S. edition.
ImprintNew York : Ballentine Books, [2017]
Imprint2017
Descriptionxxxiv, 556 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm.
Note:Includes some primary source material.
Note:Matilda of Flanders -- Matilda of Scotland -- Adeliza of Louvain -- Matilda of Boulogne and the Empress Maud -- The Empress Maud -- Appendix 1. A guide to the principal chronicle sources -- Appendix II. Letters.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-467) and index.
Note:"Spanning the years from the Norman conquest in 1066 to the dawn of a new era in 1154, when Henry II succeeded to the throne and Eleanor of Aquitaine, the first Plantagenet queen, was crowned, this epic book brings to vivid life five women: Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, the first Norman king; Matilda of Scotland, revered as "the common mother of all England"; Adeliza of Louvain, the young beauty whom the aging Henry I married to get an heir; Matilda of Boulogne, one of the most desirable brides in Europe, who fought a war on behalf of her husband, King Stephen, against the Empress Maud, England's first female ruler and this book's fifth queen, whose son King Henry II would go on to found the Plantagenet dynasty."--Dust jacket.
