{"product_id":"9780099534587-the-captive-queen","title":"The Captive Queen","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is the year 1152, and a beautiful woman rides through France, fleeing her crown, her two young daughters and a shattered marriage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eHer husband, Louis of France has been more monk than monarch, and certainly not a lover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is the year 1152, and a beautiful woman rides through France, fleeing her crown, her two young daughters and a shattered marriage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eHer husband, Louis of France has been more monk than monarch, and certainly not a lover.  Now  Eleanor of Aquitaine has one sole purpose: to return to her duchy and marry the man she loves, Henry Plantagenet, destined for greatness as King of England. It will be a union founded on lust, renowned as one of the most vicious marriages in history, and it will go on to forge a great empire and a devilish brood. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a story of the making of nations, and of passionate conflicts: between Henry II and Thomas Becket; between Eleanor and Henry's formidable mother Matilda; between father and sons, as Henry's children take up arms against him -  and finally between Henry and Eleanor herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943096692833,"sku":"9780099534587","price":9.93,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32389482.jpg?v=1737218735","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780099534587-the-captive-queen","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}