Queens of the Age of Chivalry

We are used to think about women in Middle Age as weak or idealised but there were some very strong women who played in the political field like the queens in this book.
They lived in complex age when things where changing, they were part of political agreements but they were also able to play important political roles.
Alison Weir did an excellent job in telling the life of these women and this is an informative book that always kept my attention alive.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this arc, all opinions are mine

Im so glad I got a chance to read this book. I haven't read the previous two but will go back and read them. Its a very interesting account of the queens that were almost forgotten. Being a Tudor fan this was definitely up my alley!

I absolutely adored this. We tell the stories of women so rarely and often we can't because they are forgotten. I liked Weir's way of uncovering the stories, motivations and events in these women's lives. Fantastic. I ordered a hardcopy for myself as it's one of those books you want to revisit over and over again.

This book looks at female medieval royalty in a very different way. With rich, colourful descriptions we read about foreign queens in England who knew their duty but each carried it out according to her own style.
Every queen lived with public pagaentry as well as conflict at home. A well researched., engrossing book. Captivating in
detail and very readable.

This is a well researched and a fascinating depiction of this period in history. It is a very big book , so although I am enjoying reading it, I will have to come back and read a bit at a time. It is a book which it is possible to do this with.

Very good. Informative and fast paced. Even though going into this book I only had a basic knowledge of the queens I left with a full knowledge which is a testament to the work of Alison Weir.