Alison Weir's "Queens of the Conquest: England's Medieval Queens Book One" - An Exploration of the Lives of England's Early Female Rulers

Fernanda: Libro pieno di riferimenti storici e di notizie interessanti. Si evince un notevole lavoro di ricerca. Consigliatissimo.

Italy on Sep 05, 2023

roberta yates: I never hear of the Queens involved in the early conquest period, starting in 1066.
This book gives a great account of William the Conqueror's wife, Matilda of Flanders.
Exceptionally well researched and I just can't put it down. Highly recommended

United States on Jul 11, 2023

D FREEMAN: Interesting topic, well written

United Kingdom on May 22, 2023

Cynthia Winsser: Excellent research done to make this book. This book is very detailed oriented! Loved reading about the life of this woman and her will to stand for what she believed in.

United States on Apr 30, 2023

Kelly Day: Arrived in really good condition and it reads well. It can get a bit confusing with all the names but there's a handy family tree at the front. I love Alison's writing and her take on history.

United Kingdom on Jan 18, 2023

Russell Clunan: Fast shipping and conservative grading. Will definitely be ordering more. Thanks.

United States on Dec 14, 2022

Mr Tim Cole: Britiain's' foremost selling female historian is back with a new series focusing upon England's' Medieval Queens! The first volume published concentrates on the Queens of the Conquest and covers the first century of the Norman Conquest from 1066 to 1167. It has five chronologically arranged chapters on Matilda of Flanders, Queen of William I and mother of two more English kings William II and Henry I. The two Queens of King Henry I, Matilda of England, mother of The Empress Maud and Adeliza of Louvain. And the Queen of Stephen, the last Norman King of England , Matilda of Boulogne. The final chapter tells the dramatic story of The Empress Matilda who fought a long civil war with Stephen which eventually culminated in her son King Henry II succeeding to the throne in 1154 and founding the new dynasty of Anjou. These remarakble Queens are re-illuminated in a stunning way which shows each Woman's' abilities and flaws and their contribution to the development of the English state in the years following the Norman subjugation of England in 1066. Each chapter is dramatic and filled with action-packed drama battles and religious conflicts which will leave you breathless with excitement...

United Kingdom on Jun 05, 2018

Kaye T. Leidy: Still reading. The personalities and deeds of these queens emerge from the things written of them while, and in the few centuries after, they lived. Strong women all, most of them good role models. Except the Empress Maud. Most unpleasant woman. Weir suggests a medical reason for her unpleasantness during the Anarchy contrasted with her history before and after.

United States on Dec 26, 2017

Desdemona: I pre-ordered this on my Kindle, as I am a fan of Alison Weir's books and this is a subject of particular interest to me. I have only just started reading it, and it would seem to live up to my expectations. However, I must draw attention to a serious problem with the Kindle edition. There is a considerable sub-editing/proof-reading mistake in the chapter entitled "The Piety of Their Princes". In the print edition (which I checked yesterday at my local bookshop) it reads "William was to claim that, in 1051, Edward had promised him the crown of England on his death knowing that he would be a strong ruler." In the Kindle edition it reads "William was to claim that, in 1051, Edward on his death knowing that he would be a strong ruler." This sentence is gobbledygook, and for anyone who does not know the story the omission of these seven words removes a very important fact in the story of the Conquest. Kindle has a history of poor proof reading, but this is a serious omission which I imagine the author will be very upset about. It is high time that Kindle took notice of their readers and did something about this problem.

United Kingdom on Oct 03, 2017

Galla: Weir has written a substantive, detailed, and highly documented of five queens. Citing primary and secondary sources, she has tried to give more depth to what little we really know about these women. We don't know what they looked like, what their personalities were like ( although we can guess in a couple of cases) or what they really thought about their husbands and their duties. We see that despite being daughters of kings or dukes, and then wives and mothers of kings, their lives were circumscribed and narrow. They had two destinies: marry whomever their fathers chose or be cloistered in a nunnery. Even then, they didn't have much of a choice as to which was preferable. They could be betrothed by the age of two and married by the age of twelve, or they
could be dedicated to God at the age of two as an oblate. As queens, they had position, wealth, and some authority....if their husbands so chose to give them authority, but no real freedom. Their major task was to produce sons. The five queens were intelligent and capable, and served their husbands well in most cases. The strongest were undoubtedly Matilda of Flanders, Matilda of Boulogne, and Empress Maud, although her...

United States on Sep 29, 2017