A review by murrblet
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life by Alison Weir

3.0

Although I understand that it might be a little much to expect a biography of a woman 800 years dead to be engrossing I found this book to be unreasonably dry. Eleanor of Aquitaine is one of the most fascinating women I had ever heard of, and I was disappointed that so much of this book revolved around her male counterparts. While I understand that not much is known about her life and thus must be told through the people around her I feel that there is a better way of telling her story. I would have been much more satisfied with a shorter book only about Eleanor, than a longer book about her husband, father, and uncles.