Queens of the conquest, England's medieval queens, Alison Weir ; narrated by Julia Franklin
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- Biographies
- Queens -- England -- Biography
- Matilda, Queen, consort of William I, King of England, -1083 -- Biography
- Great Britain -- History -- Medieval period, 1066-1485 -- Biography
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- Matilda, Empress, consort of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1102-1167 -- Biography
- Women -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500
- Matilda, of Boulogne, Queen, consort of Stephen, King of England, approximately 1103-1152 -- Biography
- Matilda, Queen, consort of Henry I, King of England, 1080-1118 -- Biography
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Queens of the conquest, England's medieval queens, Alison Weir ; narrated by Julia Franklin
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Queens of the conquest
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Alison Weir ; narrated by Julia Franklin
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England's medieval queens
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The story of England's medieval queens is vivid and stirring, packed with tragedy, high drama and even comedy. It is a chronicle of love, murder, war and betrayal, filled with passion, intrigue and sorrow, peopled by a cast of heroines, villains, stateswomen and lovers. Alison Weir strips away centuries of romantic mythology and prejudice to reveal the lives of England's queens in the century after the Norman Conquest. Beginning with Matilda of Flanders, who supported William the Conqueror in his invasion of England in 1066, and culminating in the turbulent life of the Empress Maud, who claimed to be Queen of England in her own right and fought a bitter war to that end, the five Norman queens emerge as hugely influential and fascinating characters. This work is a tale of interconnected lives and a rich portrait of English history in a time of flux
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