Provides a surprising picture of the lives and reigns of the first five Plantagenet queens, during a century that saw the murder of Thomas Becket and the signing of the Magna Carta, covering Eleanor of Aquitaine, Berengaria of Navarre, Isabella of Angoulême, Alienor of Provence and Eleanor of Castile.

Follow-up to Book one, Queens of the conquest. Includes book club guide.

Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of Henry II -- Berengaria of Navarre, Queen of Richard I -- Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of King John -- Alienor of Provence, Queen of Henry III -- Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Edward I.