Eleanor of Aquitaine: A BiographyHawthorn Books, 1977 - 389 pages Biography of the wife of King Henry II of England and mother of Richard I, the Lionheart, and John. |
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... castle as well as his prized white gyrfalcons from the ducal hunting ground . This sulky baron and his almost ludicrous antics . troubled them so little that , en route to Talmont , the party complacently removed their chain mail and ...
... castle as well as his prized white gyrfalcons from the ducal hunting ground . This sulky baron and his almost ludicrous antics . troubled them so little that , en route to Talmont , the party complacently removed their chain mail and ...
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... castle belonging to Theobald . The charge was answered by a volley of arrows fired from the summits of the castle's wooden towers , but within a short period of time it became apparent that its resistance would be easily crushed ...
... castle belonging to Theobald . The charge was answered by a volley of arrows fired from the summits of the castle's wooden towers , but within a short period of time it became apparent that its resistance would be easily crushed ...
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... castles near Mantes , in truth he had no appetite for fighting . During the winter of 1188–89 , Henry , ill and depressed , stayed at Le Mans in the castle where he had been born . He had developed an anal fistula , and by March it had ...
... castles near Mantes , in truth he had no appetite for fighting . During the winter of 1188–89 , Henry , ill and depressed , stayed at Le Mans in the castle where he had been born . He had developed an anal fistula , and by March it had ...
Contents
The Devil and the Monk | 33 |
Behind the Red Cross | 59 |
To Jerusalem | 81 |
Copyright | |
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