Four Queens: The Provencal Sisters Who Ruled Europe by Nancy Goldstone
	List Price:   $15.00 Unit Price:   $12.00 You Save:   $3.00 (20%) ISBN-10:   0143113259 ISBN-13:   9780143113256 Publisher:   Penguin Group (USA) Inc Category:   Young Adults Pub. Date:   February 2008 Pages:   336 Format:   Paperback
Awards
2005  Quill Awards  Nominee/Honoree  2006  American Library Association Notable Books  Winner!  2006  Aventis Prizes for Science Books  Nominee/Honoree  2006  California Book Awards  Nominee/Honoree  2007  Great Lakes Book Awards  Winner!
Subjects
EUROPE_BIOGRAPHY QUEENS
Description/Notes
Four Queensis a rich pageant of glamour, intrigue, and feminine power at a time when women were thought to have played limited roles. In thirteenth-century Europe, four sisters from a single family?Marguerite, Eleanor, Sanchia, and Beatrice of Proven?e?rose from obscurity to become the queens of, respectively, France, England, Germany, and Sicily. All four were beautiful, cultured, and ambitious, and their stories offer a window into the era of chivalry, crusades, poetry, knights, and monarchs that will appeal to fans of Alison Weir and Antonia Fraser. ?A wonderful book about four remarkable women . . . An utterly compelling read.? ?Alison Weir, author of Eleanor of Aquitaine ?A densely woven narrative of sibling rivalry, simmering resentments, and thwarted ambitions. . . . Times change but not, it seems, sisterly love.? ?Dr. Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire ?Remarkable . . . told with all the verve and aplomb and richness of detail that four such extraordinary women deserve.? ?Ross King, author of Brunelleschi?s Dome ?Goldstone weaves a vivid tapestry worthy of her subjects.? ?Entertainment Weekly ?On Goldstone?s rich, beautifully woven tapestry, medieval Europe springs to vivid life. . . . This is a fresh, eminently enjoyable history that gives women their due as movers and shakers in tumultuous times.? ?Publishers Weekly(starred review) All the color and spectacle of court life during the thirteenth century are on display in this vivid account. (Theodore K. Rabb, author of 'The Last Days of the Renaissance') Set against the backdrop of the turbulent 13th century comes the story of the four beautiful daughters of the count of Provence, whose brilliant marriages made them the queens of France, England, Germany, and Sicily. Based on a solid bedrock of scholarship, this remarkable story is told with all the verve and aplomb and richness of detail that four such extraordinary women deserve. (Ross King, author of 'Brunelleschis Dome')