Newspaper Story: One Hundred Years of the Boston Globe by Louis Martin Lyons

Fourteen-year-old Eleanor of Aquitaine lives in a castle in Poitier, France, with her father Count William of Aquitaine (son of William the Conqueror), and her 12-year-old sister Petronilla. Their mother died several years earlier, so their grandmother and ladies-in-waiting raise the girls. Eleanor is extremely intelligent and literate, having been carefully educated by royal tutors. Spinning bores her, as does weaving, sewing, and other housewifery skills expected of her. She would rather be a knight and ride off to war. In fact, in 1136, when her father is invited to help invade Normandy

Author: Louis Martin Lyons

Language: English

Edition: First Edition

Binding: Hardcover

Pages: 482

Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press

Publication Date: 1971-01-01