London: Macmillan, 1973. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. E. L. Konigsburg. First edition first printing octavo hardback 208 pages illustrated Very good condition in Very Good unclipped dust jacket (spine of jacket faded by sun not affecting titles). No inscriptions. Signs of removed labels on front free end paper and removed seloptape on cover - school/college use?

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Eleanor of Aquitaine is in Heaven, waiting to learn whether or not her second husband, King Henry II of England, will be able to join her. Henry had died even before Eleanor, but he still had not won admission into Heaven. Waiting with Eleanor are Henry's mother, Matilda-Empress, and William the Marshal. A chance encounter with Abbot Suger, an old friend of Eleanor's from the time of her first marriage, starts the four of them remembering times past. Each person in turn tells a part of Eleanor's life, vividly illustrating the excitement of living in twelfth-century England and France, and especially the excitement of being Eleanor. Wife of two kings, mother of two others, Richard the Lion Heart and John, she set the tone of court life for her times, sponsored poets and musicians, established the legend of King Arthur as a romantic feature of English literature, set the Rules of Courtly Love, and helped rule a kingdom that spanned from Scotland to the Pyrenees. And she did all this in a time when a king could keep his queen a prisoner -- and did! This book is a novel, fiction, fantasy even. But everything in it about Eleanor and her family and her times is true.

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Bookseller: Alexander's Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 075265
Title: A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
Author: E. L. Konigsburg
Illustrator: E. L. Konigsburg
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition 1st Printing
ISBN 10: 0333174828
ISBN 13: 9780333174821
Publisher: Macmillan
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1973
Pages: 208
Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
Keywords: A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver; E. L. Konigsburg
Bookseller catalogs: Cookery;
X weight: 500 g

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