The lion rampant / Blanche d'Alpuget
- Bib ID:
- 8037302
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- D'Alpuget, Blanche, 1944-, author
- Description:
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- Edgecliff, New South Wales : Ventura Press, 2018
- ©2014
- 447 pages : maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781925384772 (paperback)
- 1925384772 (paperback)
- Series:
- D'Alpuget, Blanche, 1944-. Birth of the Plantagenets series ; bk. 2.
- Summary:
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The second novel in the compelling series about two of medieval history's most fascinating characters, Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. It is 1154 and Henry Plantagenet avenges his family honour by taking back the English throne from Stephen the Usurper. The kingdom he inherits is impoverished, lawless and broken by years of civil war. By his side is the beautiful, wealthy and indomitable Eleanor of Aquitaine. Combining forces, this golden couple use their charisma and shrewd diplomacy to crush rebellious barons and restore England's prestige and glory. However, an equally ambitious financial magician is needed to restore the royal treasury. Opportunistic Thomas Becket answers the call, using his appointment of Chancellor to fill not only the King's coffers but also his own. In a dance of ambition, vengeance and forbidden passions, Henry, his Queen and the Chancellor fight for political power and control against forces seen and imagined, each with their own agenda, each determined to hide their own shameful secrets.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Third Advent, 2014.
- Subject:
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- Eleanor, of Aquitaine, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of England, 1122?-1204 -- Fiction
- Plantagenet, House of -- Fiction
- Henry, King of England II, 1133-1189 -- Fiction
- Secrecy -- Fiction
- Australian fiction
- Family secrets -- Fiction
- France -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- Fiction
- France -- History -- Louis VII, 1137-1180 -- Fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- Henry II, 1154-1189 -- Fiction
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- D'Alpuget, Blanche, 1944-
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2014
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