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A review by awall14
To Be Queen: A Novel of the Early Life of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Christy English
4.0
This was a great Historcal Fiction Novel. Eleanor was real to me, and totally how I thought she should be. In fact, all the characters came to life. Yay :D
I also think that it's great that this book focused on Eleanor's earlier life. In most cases I've found that this area gets skipped over, or not gien a fair description. Mostly, it follows along the lines of "Married Louis. Had two girls. Marriage was hopeless and fell apart. Went Crusading. The end. Lets move on." I'm so glad that this novel, took an actual indepth look at this period of Eleanor's life. Also, it was lovely that the author showed that Louis and Eleanor actually cared for each other in the beginning. Another thing that is usually ignored.
I guess the only thing I didn't fully like is the "love at first sight" thing that happened very frequently through out the book. Yet, while I didn't really like it, I think that it's very possible that that is how things were back then.
I'm very excited to read Christy English's other book :D
I also think that it's great that this book focused on Eleanor's earlier life. In most cases I've found that this area gets skipped over, or not gien a fair description. Mostly, it follows along the lines of "Married Louis. Had two girls. Marriage was hopeless and fell apart. Went Crusading. The end. Lets move on." I'm so glad that this novel, took an actual indepth look at this period of Eleanor's life. Also, it was lovely that the author showed that Louis and Eleanor actually cared for each other in the beginning. Another thing that is usually ignored.
I guess the only thing I didn't fully like is the "love at first sight" thing that happened very frequently through out the book. Yet, while I didn't really like it, I think that it's very possible that that is how things were back then.
I'm very excited to read Christy English's other book :D