| Poitou-Charentes Bookshop: Biography & Memoirs Best Foot Forward: The Misadventures of an Englishwoman |  Susie Kelly
ISBN: 0553814907
'An inspired and heartwarming account' - The Express. 'A book to inspire' - Good...(read more) | | BUY IT! | Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography |  Marion Meade
ISBN: 1842126180
A comprehensive account of the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine. The wife of King Louis VII of France and then of King Henry II of England, and mother to Richard Coeur de Lion and King John, she became the key political figure of the 12th century....(read more) | | BUY IT! | Eleanor of Aquitaine: By the Wrath of God, Queen of England |  Alison Weir
ISBN: 0712673172
Combining the pace and descriptive quality of a novel with the authority of a text book, Alison Weir's study of the revered and reviled Eleanor of Aquitaine should be valuable to anyone with an interest in medieval European history. Wife of Louis VII...(read more) | | BUY IT! | Eleanor, April Queen of Aquitaine |  Douglas Boyd
ISBN: 0750932899
In this biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of the most exciting women in European medieval history, Boyd takes the reader to the heart of this extraordinary woman. He reveals her as a peculiarly "modern" character - she rejects as a...(read more) | | BUY IT! | Pearl of Princesses, The: The Life of Marguerite D'Angouleme Queen of Navarre |  H. Noel Williams
ISBN: 0766193411
1916. The story of Marguerite D'Angouleme, queen consort of Henry II of Navarre, who, as patron of Humanists and Reformers, and as an author in her own right, was one of the most outstanding figures of the French Renaissance. | | BUY IT! | Pierre Loti: Travels with the Legendary Traveller |  Lesley Blanch, Philip Mansel (Introduction)
ISBN: 1850434298
When Pierre Loti - traveller, acrobat, naval officer, celebrated writer - died in 1923, he was given a state funeral, the only French writer to have received such as an honour besides Victor Hugo. This storyteller - bohemian, exotic and fiercely...(read more) | | BUY IT! | Two Steps Backward |  Susie Kelly
ISBN: 0553816209
Susie Kelly and her husband Terry had long dreamed of owning a home in France, but ironically it wasn't until they were facing homeless penury in England that they realized their dream. With five dogs, two parrots and their elderly horses, they moved...(read more) | | BUY IT! |
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