Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings

5 best books like Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings (Amy Kelly): The Map That Changed the World, Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life, My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams, The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II, A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain

The Map That Changed the World

Author	Simon Winchester
ISBN	0060931809

In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations, one could follow layers of rocks as they dipped and rose and fell -- clear across England and, indeed, clear across the world -- making it possible,...

Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life

Author	Alison Weir
ISBN	0345434870

In this beautifully written biography, Alison Weir paints a vibrant portrait of a truly exceptional woman and provides new insights into her intimate world.

Renowned in her time for being the most beautiful woman in Europe, the wife of two kings and mother of three, Eleanor of Aquitaine was...

My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams

Author	Abigail Adams
ISBN	0674026063

In 1762, John Adams penned a flirtatious note to "Miss Adorable," the 17-year-old Abigail Smith. In 1801, Abigail wrote to wish her husband John a safe journey as he headed home to Quincy after serving as president of the nation he helped create. The letters that span these nearly forty years form the...

The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II

Author	Edvard Radzinsky
ISBN	0385469624

Russian playwright and historian Radzinsky mines  sources never before available to create a  fascinating portrait of the monarch, and a minute-by-minute account of his terrifying last days.  Updated for the paperback edition..

A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain

Author	Marc Morris
ISBN	0091796849

This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king – a man born to rule England, who believed that it was his right to rule all of Britain. His reign was one of the most dramatic and important of the entire Middle Ages, leading to war and conquest on an unprecedented scale, and...