Devil's Consort: England's Most Ruthless Queen

✍ Scribed by O'Brien, Anne

• Book ID: 108188277
• Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon Ltd
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 391 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Bordeaux. July, 1137. Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine eagerly awaits her first meeting with the French Prince she is to marry. But the union is a disaster. Louis is more monk than monarch and Eleanor soon finds that the crown of France is no consolation for a weak, impotent husband. When Louis announces that God has commanded him to go on crusade, Eleanor seizes her chance to be mistress of her own destiny and ride into battle. But the march to the Holy Land will make her the most scandalous woman in Christendom. A notoriety which will propel Eleanor into the arms of Henry Plantagenet and change the fate of England – forever… *** Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, is a determined woman who plots and schemes an astonishing path between two equally powerful men in twelfth century Europe, a woman who can manoeuvre and manipulate to safeguard her own lands as effectively as any power-grasping lord. She is single-minded in her struggle to keep her inheritance intact, leading her to reject one husband and take another who will fulfill her desires. Eleanor intends to reign as Queen and is prepared to bring scandal down upon herself in pursuit of her ultimate prize. Hers is a story of power, political intrigue, passion and love. "Anne O'Brien has joined the exclusive club of excellent historical novelists." - Sunday Express.