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A review by rgn
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life by Alison Weir
3.0
I think that Alison Weir had her work cut out for her job writing this biography - writing about a woman from the 12th century who disappears from the contemporary records for years at a time is no easy task. Clearly, though, she is a woman worth writing about and a woman worth reading about.
However, I am not convinced that histories of the Middle Ages are the best choice for my leisure reading. It can be frustrating as a reader to read qualifier after qualifier and possibility after possibility, even though the author is doing her best to fill in the gaps. I am not so disillusioned that I will never read anything more about the Middle Ages, but I may not jump right into another book about them.
On the whole: glad I read it because Eleanor of Aquitaine was a very interesting woman and I learned a great deal about something I knew very little about.
However, I am not convinced that histories of the Middle Ages are the best choice for my leisure reading. It can be frustrating as a reader to read qualifier after qualifier and possibility after possibility, even though the author is doing her best to fill in the gaps. I am not so disillusioned that I will never read anything more about the Middle Ages, but I may not jump right into another book about them.
On the whole: glad I read it because Eleanor of Aquitaine was a very interesting woman and I learned a great deal about something I knew very little about.