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Title: what a disappointment this was
Review: I picked this book up after reading the wonderfully detailed historical fiction of Margaret George, and found it to be extremely disappointing. It lacks the detail of the period --no descriptions of the various castles or clothing to give the reader any sense of the general daily life of Eleanor. Ms. Kaufman only touches this area once, in Eleanor's meeting with her aunt the Empress Irene. I'm coming out of this book not caring about any of the characters.The style of writing seemed very sophomoric (any average joe could have written this book) and I really could have done without the troubador poems on every other page. And Ms. Kaufman includes items that don't seem to get explained as to why they are there (ie Eleanor's grandfather appears to her naked several times --why?).In general, I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone looking for a complete picture of Eleanor.
