Queen of Swords (The Three Queens)

Queen of Swords (The Three Queens)

by Judith Tarr

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464 pages~7.7 hr readPublished by Forge BooksPublished 1997-01-01

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  • Elizabeth Chadwick
  • Conn Iggulden
  • Sharon Kay Penman

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  • The Eagle's Daughter
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Perfect for you if...

  • You love historical fiction centred on real women who wielded quiet power behind the scenes, like the characters in Elizabeth Chadwick's novels.
  • You're drawn to the Crusades era and complex court politics where alliances and strategy matter more than swordplay.
  • You appreciate ambitious protagonists who bend the rules of their time rather than break them outright.

Maybe not for you if...

  • You prefer your female characters to openly defy their societies rather than navigate them strategically.
  • You want fast-paced plots with constant external conflict instead of intricate political manoeuvring.
  • You're looking for straightforward good-versus-evil narratives rather than morally complicated historical figures.

About this book

An epic adventure about Melisende, the oldest daughter of Baldwin of Jerusalem and heir to the Crusader Kingdom in the twelfth century. As a princess of the Franks with no brothers, the crown would pass to the man she married and then to her son. Melisende was a strong ruler who resented the law requiring her to marry rather than claim the crown in her own name. She wielded real power over Jerusalem, managing the complex politics of church and court. Many of the kingdom's finest knights served her personally and fought in her honor. Faced with the necessity of marriage to secure her kingdom, Melisende must navigate the tension between her own authority and a husband's legal right to rule. This novel tells her largely forgotten story from the Court of Jerusalem to Byzantium.

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