The Falcon's EyesAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 17 August 2023
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"With her eye for historical detail and flair for sympathetic heroines,A Francesca Stanfill breathes new life into the medieval court of Eleanor of Aquitaine.A The Falconâ?Ts EyesA is a novel of epic proportions that succeeds in being both intimate and vast. History is Stanfillâ?Ts canvas, humanity her inspiration."â?"Amanda Foreman, bestselling author ofA Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshireâ?oStanfill has persuasively re-imagined the Middle Ages, surrounding the legendary Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine with indelible characters in an immersive tale of intrigue, bravery, ruthlessness, and compassion. . . .A The Falconâ?Ts EyesA is a dazzling adventure, with riveting twists and turns and a surprising yet deeply satisfying conclusion."â?"Sally Bedell Smith, author ofA Elizabeth the QueenSet in France and England at the end of the twelfth century, the moving story of a spirited,A questingA young woman, Isabelle, who defies convention to forge a remarkable life, one profoundly influenced by the fabled queen she idolizes and comes to know â?" Eleanor of AquitaineWillful and outspoken, sixteen-year-old IsabelleA yearns to escape herA stiflingA life inA provincial twelfthA century France. The bane of her motherâ?Ts existence, she admires the notorious queen most in her circle abhor: Eleanor of Aquitaine. Isabelleâ?Ts arranged marriage to Gerard --- a rich, charismatic lordA obsessed withA falcons --- seems, at first, to fulfill herA longingA for adventure. But as Gerardâ?Ts controlling nature, andA his consuming desire forA a male heir, become more apparent, Isabelle, in the spirit of her royal heroine, makes bold, often perilous, decisionsA which will forever affect her fate. A suspenseful, sweeping tale about marriage, freedom, identity, and motherhood, THE FALCONâ?TS EYES brings alive not only a brilliant century and theA legendary queen who dominated it, but alsoA the vivid band of complex characters whom the heroine encounters on her journey to selfhood: noblewomen, nuns, servants, falconers, and courtiers. The various settings â?"A ChA¢teau Ravinour, Fontevraud Abbey, and Queen Eleanorâ?Ts exiled court in England â?"A are depicted asA memorably as those who inhabitA them. The story pulses forward as Isabelle confronts one challenge, one danger, after another, until it hurtles to its final, enthralling, page. A With the historical understanding of Hillary Mantel and the storytelling gifts of Ken Follett, Francesca Stanfill has created an unforgettable character who, while firmly rooted in her era,A is also a woman for all times.A
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