Плененная королева

Ee vospevali trubadurie, riecari na turnirah prolivali za nee krov. Pered umom i krasotoi etoi jenshinie skloniali golovu koroli. Jizn ee, otiagoshennaia strastu, biela iarkoi i iarostnoi, kak kometa. Razriev s mujem Ludovikom VII, korolem Francii, i lubov na grani bezumiia k molodomu krasavcu Genrihu Anjuiskomu, budushemu korolu Anglii, — lubov, kotoraia so vremenem pererosla v nenavist i zakonchilas pleneniem i monastierem. A eshe ona dala miru Richarda Lvinoe Serdce, slavnogo svoimi podvigami i pobedami. I razviazala Stoletnuu voinu, samuu prodoljitelnuu v Evrope. Alienora Akvitanskaia — sama jizn ee avanturneishii iz romanov, projitiei, kak odno mgnovenie.

Troubadours sang her praises, knights at tournaments shed their blood for her. Kings bowed their heads before the intelligence and beauty of this woman. Her life, burdened with passion, was bright and fierce, like a comet. A breakup with her husband Louis VII, King of France, and a love on the verge of madness for the handsome young Henry of Anjou, the future king of England, a love that eventually turned into hatred and ended in captivity and a monastery. She also gave the world Richard the Lionheart, famous for his exploits and victories. And she unleashed the Hundred Years' War, the longest in Europe. Eleanor of Aquitaine is her very life, the most adventurous of novels, lived like a moment.