A review by hoserlauren
The Courts of Love: The Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Jean Plaidy

3.0

This book was ok. Eleanor of Aquitaine had a very interesting life, holding the titles of both Queen of France and Queen of England. How she came to acquire those titles is interesting, but there was a lot of filler in this book that was unnecessary, especially in the middle. When new characters came in to the picture, for some reason their entire history was told. A briefer background would have trimmed some of the waste in this book that slowed down the narrative. Instead of these figures' background, I would have liked to learn more about Eleanors' children since so many of them went on to be King, even for a short period of time.

I haven't read much about the British monarchy from this early so this was new for me and I liked it but it was a bit dry.