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Tracy Borman lays out Matilda's remarkable story against one of the most fascinating and transformative periods in European history. Stirring, richly detailed, and wholly involving, Queen of the Conqueror reveals not just an extraordinary figure but an iconic woman who shaped generations, and an era that cast the essential framework for the world we know today.
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England's medieval queens volume 1
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English
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Profiles five powerful Norman queens to examine their enduring influence and the myths and prejudices that obscured their achievements, including Matilda of Flanders, the wife of William the Conqueror, and Empress Maud, the mother of King Henry II.
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England's medieval queens volume 01
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2018.
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English
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"Spanning the years from the Norman conquest in 1066 to the dawn of a new era in 1154, when Henry II succeeded to the throne and Eleanor of Aquitaine, the first Plantagenet queen, was crowned, this ... book brings to ... life five women, including Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, the first Norman king; Matilda of Scotland, revered as the common mother of all England; and Empress Maud, England's first female ruler, whose son King...
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