Physical Description:print xiii, 336 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher:New York : Viking, 2007.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-322) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The land of song -- The white queen -- A royal wedding -- Royal rivals -- Queen Eleanor -- Family affairs -- Ambition and obedience -- A war and a wedding -- An unlikely inheritance -- A vow -- The crusade of Louis IX -- The queen's gamble -- Queenscraft -- A royal windfall -- The return of the queen -- A royal reception -- Queen of the Romans -- Royal sibling rivalry -- Prelude to war -- A queen in crisis -- Four queens -- The last crusade -- Endgame -- A note on medieval money.