Eleanor, crown jewel of Aquitaine

Kristiana Gregory First published 2002

About this book

Author of the best-selling Royal Diaries title, Cleopatra VII, Kristiana Gregory now takes readers to twelfth-century France and introduces Eleanor of Aquitaine, who becomes queen at age 15.

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.

Subjects

childhood and youth
diaries
fiction
heads of state
history
juvenile fiction
kings, queens, rulers