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Publisher
Bantam Dell Pub Group
Publication date
April 3, 2012
Pages
295
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780553808148
ISBN-10
0553808141
Dimensions
1.25 by 8.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.26 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$30.00
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§As reported by publisher
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The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britainâs Greatest Dynasty | A Great and Terrible King | The Greatest Knight | She-Wolves | The Lost Tudor Princess | The Norman Conquest | The Plantagenets | Game of Queens
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Around the year 1049, William, Duke of Normandy and future conqueror of England, raced to the palace of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders. The countâs eldest daughter, Matilda, had refused Williamâs offer of marriage and publicly denounced him as a bastard. Encountering the young woman, William furiously dragged her to the ground by her hair and beat her mercilessly. Matildaâs outraged father immediately took up arms on his daughterâs behalf. But just a few days later, Baldwin was aghast when Matilda, still recovering from the assault, announced that she would marry none but William, since âhe must be a man of great courage and high daringâ to have ventured to âcome and beat me in my own fatherâs palace.â
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Thus began the tempestuous marriage of Matilda of Flanders and William the Conqueror. While Williamâs exploits and triumphs have been widely chronicled, his consort remains largely overlooked. Now, in her groundbreaking Queen of the Conqueror, acclaimed author and historian Tracy Borman weaves together a comprehensive and illuminating tapestry of this noble woman who stood only four-foot-two and whose role as the first crowned Queen of England had a large and lasting influence on the English monarchy.
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From a wealth of historical artifacts and documents, Matilda emerges as passionate, steadfast, and wise, yet also utterly ruthless and tenacious in pursuit of her goals, and the only person capable of taming her formidable husbandâwho, unprecedented for the period, remained staunchly faithful to her. This mother of nine, including four sons who went on to inherit Williamâs French and English dominions, confounded the traditional views of women in medieval society by seizing the reins of power whenever she had the chance, directing her husbandâs policy, and at times flagrantly disobeying his orders.
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Tracy Borman lays out Matildaâs remarkable story against one of the most fascinating and transformative periods in European history. Stirring, richly detailed, and wholly involving, Queen of the Conqueror reveals not just an extraordinary figure but an iconic woman who shaped generations, and an era that cast the essential framework for the world we know today.
Praise for Queen of the Conqueror
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â[Tracy Borman] brings to life Queen Matildaâs enormous accomplishments in consolidating early Norman rule. Alongside her warrior husband, William I, Matilda brought legitimacy, a deeper degree of education, diplomatic savvy and artistic and religious flowering to the shared Norman-English throne. Borman . . . the chief executive of Britainâs Heritage Education Trust, fleshes out the personality of this fascinating woman, who set the steely precedent for subsequent English female sovereigns by displaying great longevity and stamina in a rough, paternalistic time. . . . A richly layered treatment of the stormy reign that yielded the incomparable Bayeux Tapestry and the Domesday Book.ââKirkus Reviews
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âTracy Borman tells this story with a steady eye and a steady hand, tracing what can be known of Matildaâs part in the events that were to change the course of English history.ââHelen Castor, Literary Review
Around the year 1049, William, Duke of Normandy and future conqueror of England, raced to the palace of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders. The countâs eldest daughter, Matilda, had refused Williamâs offer of marriage and publicly denounced him as a bastard. Encountering the young woman, William furiously dragged her to the ground by her hair and beat her mercilessly. Matildaâs outraged father immediately took up arms on his daughterâs behalf. But just a few days later, Baldwin was aghast when Matilda, still recovering from the assault, announced that she would marry none but William, since âhe must be a man of great courage and high daringâ to have ventured to âcome and beat me in my own fatherâs palace.â
Â
Thus began the tempestuous marriage of Matilda of Flanders and William the Conqueror. While Williamâs exploits and triumphs have been widely chronicled, his consort remains largely overlooked. Now, in her groundbreaking Queen of the Conqueror, acclaimed author and historian Tracy Borman weaves together a comprehensive and illuminating tapestry of this noble woman who stood only four-foot-two and whose role as the first crowned Queen of England had a large and lasting influence on the English monarchy.
Â
From a wealth of historical artifacts and documents, Matilda emerges as passionate, steadfast, and wise, yet also utterly ruthless and tenacious in pursuit of her goals, and the only person capable of taming her formidable husbandâwho, unprecedented for the period, remained staunchly faithful to her. This mother of nine, including four sons who went on to inherit Williamâs French and English dominions, confounded the traditional views of women in medieval society by seizing the reins of power whenever she had the chance, directing her husbandâs policy, and at times flagrantly disobeying his orders.
Â
Tracy Borman lays out Matildaâs remarkable story against one of the most fascinating and transformative periods in European history. Stirring, richly detailed, and wholly involving, Queen of the Conqueror reveals not just an extraordinary figure but an iconic woman who shaped generations, and an era that cast the essential framework for the world we know today.
Praise for Queen of the Conqueror
Â
â[Tracy Borman] brings to life Queen Matildaâs enormous accomplishments in consolidating early Norman rule. Alongside her warrior husband, William I, Matilda brought legitimacy, a deeper degree of education, diplomatic savvy and artistic and religious flowering to the shared Norman-English throne. Borman . . . the chief executive of Britainâs Heritage Education Trust, fleshes out the personality of this fascinating woman, who set the steely precedent for subsequent English female sovereigns by displaying great longevity and stamina in a rough, paternalistic time. . . . A richly layered treatment of the stormy reign that yielded the incomparable Bayeux Tapestry and the Domesday Book.ââKirkus Reviews
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âTracy Borman tells this story with a steady eye and a steady hand, tracing what can be known of Matildaâs part in the events that were to change the course of English history.ââHelen Castor, Literary Review
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9780553808148 | details & prices | 295 pages | 8.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.26 lbs | List price $30.00
About: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAround the year 1049, William, Duke of Normandy and future conqueror of England, raced to the palace of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders.
About: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAround the year 1049, William, Duke of Normandy and future conqueror of England, raced to the palace of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders.
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