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Jenn at Books and Beat. To play along, just do the following:
- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
- Be careful not to include spoilers!
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Alienor had no intention of "resting assured," because she did not believe him. If he involved her, it was for his own ends. "But the business of Aquitaine is mine first," she said firmly. "And it is my choice to involve you, not yours to involve me."
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WESTMINSTER ABBEY, LONDON, DECEMBER 1154
At the precise moment Theobald, Archibishop of Canterbury, placed the golden weight of a crown on Alienor's brow, the child in her womb gave a vigorous kick that resonated throughout her body. Clear winter light rayed from the abbey's Romanesque windows to illuminate the Confessor's tomb in the sacrarium and cast pale radiance upon the dais where Alienor sat beside her husband, the newly anointed King Henry II of England.
Henry gripped the jeweled orb and the sword of sovreignty with confident possession. His mouth was a firm, straight line and his gray gaze purposeful. In the mingling of gloom ad light, his beard glinted copper-red, and he exuded all the glow and vigor of his twenty-one years. He was already duke of Normandy, count of Anjou, and consort duke of Aquitaine and had been a force to be reckoned with ever since leading his first battle campaign at the age of fourteen.
As queen of England, Eleanor has a new cast of enemies - including the king.
Eleanor has more than fulfilled her duty as Queen of England - she has given her husband, Henry II, heirs to the throne and has proven herself as a mother and ruler. But Eleanor needs more than to be a bearer of children and a deputy; she needs her own true authority. As her children grow older, and her relationship with Henry suffers from scandal and infidelity, Eleanor realizes the power she seeks won't be given willingly. She must take it for herself. But even a queen must face the consequences of treason . . .
In this dynamic second novel in her Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogy, Elizabeth Chadwick brings to life a passionate royal marriage, where love and hatred are two sides of the same coin and in the attle for control the winner takes all.
What do you think? Would you continue reading?
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