Eva García Sáenz de Urturi
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- Vedertaget namn
- García Sáenz de Urturi, Eva
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- García Sáenz de Urturi, Eva
- Födelsedag
- 1972
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- Spain
- Födelseort
- Vitoria, Álava, País Vasco, España
- Utbildning
- Universidad de Alicante
- Yrken
- optometrist
business director
professor
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- Verk
- 13
- Medlemmar
- 1,269
- Popularitet
- #20,211
- Betyg
- 3.9
- Recensioner
- 62
- ISBN
- 123
- Språk
- 12
'The life of Eleanor of Aquitaine provides material not only for a novel, but for an entire encyclopaedia. She lived an unusually long life for her time and died at the age of 82 in her beloved Fontevrault Abbey, where she had retired.
When I began to look into her life, I realised that I would only be able to follow her for a few years in a novel, her life was so eventful. I decided to focus on the early years, from her father's death to her return from the Holy Land.
Sáenz has an excellent ability to describe the Middle Ages with all its quarrels. It is an exciting story from the first to the last page. It begins in 1137 and lasts until 1149. Eleonora becomes the ruler of Aquitaine after the death of her father and, for tactical reasons, decides to marry the weak son of the king of France and later King Louis VII. She believed that this would also enable her to gain power over the Carpathians. However, she did not realise from the outset that many intrigues and power games would prevent her from doing so for a long time.
It is a historical novel that I can recommend to everyone.… (mer)