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The Lady's Keeper: Captivating Medieval historical fiction set at the court of Eleanor of Aquitaine (The Medieval Ladies Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Coirle Mooney (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.9 out of 5 stars 309 ratings
An enthralling Medieval historical fiction novel you won’t want to miss! For fans of Philippa Gregory, Elizabeth Chadwick, Carol McGrath and Anne O’Brien.

Can Alice protect her young ward’s honour…?

1168, France

At Eleanor of Aquitaine’s palace in Poitiers, fourteen-year-old Lady Joanna of Agen is coming of age.

Her aunt and guardian, Alice, rescued Joanna from her brutal father by bringing her to court.

But now Alice fears Joanna could once again be at risk from the men around her.

When Queen Eleanor’s son, Henry, arrives at court, Joanna quickly catches his eye. But Alice overhears the lewd conversations of the male courtiers and worries that Joanna’s honour is at stake.

And as the relationship between Queen Eleanor and King Henry II of England becomes fractious, a dark mood settles over court.

Drawn into a world of intrigue, danger and adventure, Alice must fight to keep her and Joanna safe.

Will Joanna find a love match? Can Alice secure her place at court?

Or will they fall victim to the dangers of court life?

THE LADY’S KEEPER is a beautifully written Medieval historical novel set at Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine’s court in France. It is the first book in The Medieval Ladies Series.

"A beautifully realized and deeply evocative novel charting the machinations in the worlds of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II. It offers up a set of rare insights into the female dominated court of Eleanor and the romantic and political intrigues that beset her court. Crisply written and formally taut, The Lady's Keeper will reward those coming to this historical period for the first time, or indeed those more deeply versed in the nuances of twelfth century political life." - Frank Holden, author of The Two Women of Aganatz

THE MEDIEVAL LADIES SERIES:
Book One: The Lady’s Keeper
Book Two: The Cloistered Lady
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Coirle Mooney grew up in the Burren perfumery, Ireland, in a house full of fragrant books and now lives in Kinvara, County Galway. After completing her MA and PhD in medieval and renaissance literature in University College Cork, she began working on what would become her debut novel, The Lady's Keeper, set in the court of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Her next two books are also set in medieval France and she is working on a series of novels based on seventeenth-century London playwrights. She has always read widely and wrote her first murder mystery, Donald Duck is Dead, aged ten. She read Donald in instalments to her captivated (or captured) classmates. She has worked as a Shakespeare and English teacher and as an old and middle English tutor. Her focus is on storytelling and creating characters with emotional depth.

Deborah Balm is a British female narrator with over sixty audiobook credits. Born in Yorkshire, she now lives in Cambridge following an indirect route via Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Wales. Her voice is warm, intriguing, and engaging. She loves narrating historical romance, crime thrillers, and fantasy novels. When she's not in her booth, Deborah enjoys the company of her friends and family, dog walks with her pug Evie, quilting, and achieving Jedi level mastery of knitting. She is a member of Actors Equity and the Audio Publishers Association (APA).

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09LR64LKC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sapere Books (February 9, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 9, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.9 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 225 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1800554893
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Coirle grew up in the Burren perfumery, Ireland, in a house full of fragrant books and now lives in Kinvara, Co. Galway. After completing her MA and PhD in Medieval and Renaissance literature in University College Cork, she began working on what would become her debut novel, The Lady's Keeper, set in the court of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Her next two books are also set in Medieval France and she is currently working on a series of novels based on seventeenth-century London playwrights.

She has always read widely and wrote her first murder mystery, Donald Duck is Dead, aged ten. She read Donald in instalments to her captivated (or captured) classmates. She has worked as a Shakespeare and English teacher and as an old and middle English tutor. Her focus is on storytelling and creating characters with emotional depth.

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  • lisamarie pocza
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story
    Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2022
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    Great Story,
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  • A. K. C.
    4.0 out of 5 stars An Enjoyable Historical Novel with Modern Echos
    Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2022
    Set in the Middle Ages the novel is an excellent example of the genre.  Through the life and living conditions of its protagonists, Alice and her niece Joanna, the author brings the Medieval period to life.  Set during the reign of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine the novel uses Henry's feud with Thomas Becket and the dysfunctional relationship between Henry and Eleanor as the basis for the story it tells.  The story is told largely through Alice and her niece Joanna, the later a 15 year old girl who most readers will easily recognize  because of her similarity to many of today's Millennials and Generation Zers: shallow, resentful (toward the aunt who removed her from the home of an abusive widower father and raised her), ungrateful (for the opportunities her aunt provided her), and self absorbed.

    The story revolves around the palace intrigues of Eleanor and several of her sons as they plot against Henry for his real or imagined slights and short comings.  It's a story that's been told before, but because of the perspective from which it is told it is fresh and interesting in the author's hands.  Much of the story revolves around Henry's feud with Becket and Becket's murder. Unfortunately, the author leaves the reader wondering exactly what the feud was about.  It would have been helpful for readers who are not familiar with that period of British history and would have enhanced the period feel of the novel for the author to provide some details.  The novel leaves one with the impression that Henry was arguing with Beckett over some petty matter that Henry thought important when in fact it was a disagreement about serious matters including whether England's secular courts or the church's ecclesiastical courts had jurisdiction over church personnel in secular matters.

    Eleanor is clearly intended by the author to be one of the protagonists.  The author paints Henry as a petty, incompetent ruler.  While that is certainly her right just as it is her right to paint a sympathetic portrait of Eleanor, it's a one dimensional and unfair portrait of the man who laid the foundations of English common law and trial by jury and established a formal system to do criminal investigation.  As Eleanor and several of her sons plot against Henry and she decides to enlist her first husband, Louis VII of France to help them, one begins, probably contra to the author's intentions, to have sympathy for Henry and as the book nears its end one hopes that Eleanor will receive her just desserts for the treason she has plotted.

    All in all, it's an interesting historical novel with an ending that suggests there will be a sequel.  One can only hope that in a sequel the author treats the historical figures more fully and more fairly.
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  • Stephanie
    3.0 out of 5 stars More Character Development of Alice, Please!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2022
    I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher, Sapere Books. All thoughts are my own. As always, I try to avoid any spoilers and simple summations of the plot.

    I've read a few books about the court of Eleanor of Aquitaine, and she's a fascinating figure in that she somewhat exceeded the bounds placed upon women in her day. This story centers around Joanna and her aunt, Alice, who are in Eleanor's inner circle and follow her court. Joanna is quite the flighty young thing, contrasted against her severe aunt.

    While this book did keep me reading, there were parts when I felt that I was shown the action and not immersed in it. From the start, I understood Joanna's character and felt that her actions could simply have been shown as the story went on instead of her aunt continually talking about it with others. There was action to keep the story moving, and that action corresponded with actual events in the life of Eleanor and Henry. However, sometimes the action prevented character development of Joanna and Alice.; they were one-dimensional characters throughout the story. I would have liked to have seen them fleshed out, made more real. I did not feel as much empathy for them as I might have if they had been better developed.

    I was a little disappointed with the ending. The book just ended with no, I thought, clear resolution for Joanna and Alice. This novel read more like a history, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. 3.5 stars.
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  • Geraldine Cosentino
    5.0 out of 5 stars Witnesses to history
    Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2022
    Estranged from her husband Henry II of England, Eleanor of Aquitaine established her court in Poitiers, France in1168. To that court came Alice and her niece Joanna to serve as ladies in waiting to Eleanor. Fleeing from her domineering father, Joanna hopes to find a suitable husband from among the courtiers, and Alice hopes to reestablish her friendship with Eleanor's daughter, Princess Marie of France. Life at court was very exciting for Joanna. She learns to go hawking and participates in court theatricals, singing and dancing, and catches the eye of several young men, some suitable some not. All this happens while historical events unfold around them, including the murder of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. Eleanor is concerned about the succession of her sons to the English throne, which may have precipitated her arrest in 1173 by Henry. Her court is disbanded and Alice and Joanna go to a convent to await the future.
    The Lady's Keeper by Coirle Mooney is rich in historical details about life in the medieval courts of France. We learn what people ate, how they lived and amused themselves. The author has done her research well and created characters both real and imagined that are vibrant and alive.
    I received an advance copy of the novel and these are my thoughts.
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  • Paula Monaghan
    5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 11, 2022
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    This was my first venture into this genre and I absolutely loved it. Read this book in one sitting, just couldn’t put it down - Can’t wait for part 2!
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Histrical
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2022
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    Very good read
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