Four Queens
By Nancy Goldstone
(Penguin (Non-Classics), Paperback, 9780143113256, 368pp.)
Publication Date: March 2008
Categories: Europe - General, Women, Royalty
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Four Queens is a rich pageant of glamour, intrigue, and feminine power at a time when women were thought to have played limited roles. In thirteenth-century Europe, four sisters from a single family--Marguerite, Eleanor, Sanchia, and Beatrice of Provençe--rose from obscurity to become the queens of, respectively, France, England, Germany, and Sicily. All four were beautiful, cultured, and ambitious, and their stories offer a window into the era of chivalry, crusades, poetry, knights, and monarchs that will appeal to fans of Alison Weir and Antonia Fraser.
Nancy Goldstone is the coauthor of five books, including Out of the Flames. She lives with her husband and daughter in Connecticut.
?A wonderful book about four remarkable women . . . An utterly compelling read.?
?Alison Weir, author of Eleanor of Aquitaine
?A densely woven narrative of sibling rivalry, simmering resentments, and thwarted ambitions. . . . Times change but not, it seems, sisterly love.?
?Dr. Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
?Remarkable . . . told with all the verve and aplomb and richness of detail that four such extraordinary women deserve.?
?Ross King, author of Brunelleschi?s Dome
?Goldstone weaves a vivid tapestry worthy of her subjects.?
?Entertainment Weekly
?On Goldstone?s rich, beautifully woven tapestry, medieval Europe springs to vivid life. . . . This is a fresh, eminently enjoyable history that gives women their due as movers and shakers in tumultuous times.?
?Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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