The Sister Queens
Author: Perinot, Sophie
ISBN: 9780451235701
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 06 Mar 2012
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback / softback
Patient, perfect, and used to being first, Marguerite becomes Queen of France. But Louis IX is a religious zealot who denies himself the love and companionship his wife craves. Can she borrow enough of her sister's boldness to grasp her chance for happiness in a forbidden love?p>Passionate, strong-willed, and stubborn, Eleanor becomes Queen of England. Henry III is a good man, but not a good king. Can Eleanor stop competing with her sister and value what she has, or will she let it slip away?/p>p>i>The Sister Queens/i> is historical fiction at its most compelling, and is an unforgettable first novel./p>BR>BR>Patient, perfect, and used to being first, Marguerite becomes Queen of France. But Louis IX is a religious zealot who denies himself the love and companionship his wife craves. Can she borrow enough of her sister's boldness to grasp her chance for happiness in a forbidden love?p>Passionate, strong-willed, and stubborn, Eleanor becomes Queen of England. Henry III is a good man, but not a good king. Can Eleanor stop competing with her sister and value what she has, or will she let it slip away?/p>p>i>The Sister Queens/i> is historical fiction at its most compelling, and is an unforgettable first novel./p>
ISBN: 9780451235701
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 06 Mar 2012
Pages: 528
Format: Paperback / softback
Patient, perfect, and used to being first, Marguerite becomes Queen of France. But Louis IX is a religious zealot who denies himself the love and companionship his wife craves. Can she borrow enough of her sister's boldness to grasp her chance for happiness in a forbidden love?p>Passionate, strong-willed, and stubborn, Eleanor becomes Queen of England. Henry III is a good man, but not a good king. Can Eleanor stop competing with her sister and value what she has, or will she let it slip away?/p>p>i>The Sister Queens/i> is historical fiction at its most compelling, and is an unforgettable first novel./p>BR>BR>Patient, perfect, and used to being first, Marguerite becomes Queen of France. But Louis IX is a religious zealot who denies himself the love and companionship his wife craves. Can she borrow enough of her sister's boldness to grasp her chance for happiness in a forbidden love?p>Passionate, strong-willed, and stubborn, Eleanor becomes Queen of England. Henry III is a good man, but not a good king. Can Eleanor stop competing with her sister and value what she has, or will she let it slip away?/p>p>i>The Sister Queens/i> is historical fiction at its most compelling, and is an unforgettable first novel./p>
