by Jean Plaidy · Grijalbo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788425324796
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«Las cortes del amor» is the historical novel by Jean Plaidy (pseudonym of Victoria Holt), published by Grijalbo in paperback, with 508 pages, in Spanish.
The novel narrates the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of the great queens of the Middle Ages, from her youth to her role in the courts of the twelfth century. Amidst marriage alliances and palace intrigues, the story revolves around courtly love and the power relations that marked European royalty.
Fifth installment of the «Queens of England» series. Translation by Carme Camps; original title: «The Courts of Love: The Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine».
Recommended for readers of historical and romantic fiction, and for those who enjoy fictionalized lives of queens and medieval settings.
Eleanor Alice Hibbert was an English writer of historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen name: Jean Plaidy for fictionalized history of European royalty and the three volumes of her history of the Spanish Inquisition, Victoria Holt for gothic romances, and Philippa Carr for a multi-generational family saga. She also wrote light romances, crime novels, murder mysteries and thrillers under pseudonyms Eleanor Burford, Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow, Anna Percival, and Ellalice Tate.
