The Courts of Love: The Story of Eleanor of Aquitaine (65 page)
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Authors: Jean Plaidy
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Copyright 1987 by Jean Plaidy
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either
are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Three Rivers Press, an imprint of the
Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
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Originally published in Great Britain by Robert Hale, London, and subsequently published in the United States in hardcover by GP Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1987.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Plaidy, Jean, 1906–
The courts of love: the story of Eleanor of Aquitaine/Jean Plaidy
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Eleanor, of Aquitaine, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of England, 1122?–1204—Fiction. 2. Great Britain—History—Henry II, 1154–1189—Fiction. 3. France—History—Louis VII, 1137–1180—Fiction. 4. Queens—Great Britain—Fiction. 5. Queens—France—Fiction. I. Title.
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