Matilda of Flanders, queen to William the Conqueror was beautiful, exquisitely small, clever, with a perfect courtesy trained in the rigid school of medieval manners. But within lay a root of darkness - inheritance, perhaps, of Viking ancestors. Twice, at least, in her lifetime the Viking streak broke through, in vengeance on a faithless lover, in fury wreaked on a rival of the marriage bed. The marriage, though fruitful of so many children, was on her side no match of love. But a passionate loyalty to her husband, an ...
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Matilda of Flanders, queen to William the Conqueror was beautiful, exquisitely small, clever, with a perfect courtesy trained in the rigid school of medieval manners. But within lay a root of darkness - inheritance, perhaps, of Viking ancestors. Twice, at least, in her lifetime the Viking streak broke through, in vengeance on a faithless lover, in fury wreaked on a rival of the marriage bed. The marriage, though fruitful of so many children, was on her side no match of love. But a passionate loyalty to her husband, an equally passionate ambition, together with her own sense of justice, gave her the will and the skill to dissemble her feelings and to make her the praise of Christendom. No Queen ever wielded so much power as she in the long years she ruled Normandy; before her no woman in England was ever crowned or was known as Queen.
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Good in Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Original green cloth hard covers, in dust jacket. Some dust-soiling to top edge; others lightly toned. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked in price-clipped dust jacket showing some mild toning and creasing to rear panel. Very neat--a sound and handsome copy!
Add this copy of Wife to the Bastard to cart. $16.25, good condition, Sold by Reuseabook rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2011 by The History Press.
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Add this copy of Wife to the Bastard to cart. $33.86, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Tempus.
I found Ms. Lewis offering as dry as dust. On a subject that is rich with oppertunities.
Too bad.
donna
Nov 1, 2007
He wasn't known as the conqueror for nothing
An excellent book which chronices the marriage of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders. Very readable and interesting. I would recommend this to all history buffs
