ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE: HER TIMELINE. Nearly three hundred line items trace Eleanor's extraordinary life, shifting allegiances... More > and warring families. Two copyrighted "portraits" interpret her carved stone bust at the Metropolitan Museum: 1/ on the front cover; and 2/ a forensic projection of Eleanor in old age. This TIMELINE supplements Eleanor's memoirs, POWER OF A WOMAN. MEMOIRS OF A TURBULENT LIFE: ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE, by Robert Fripp. < Less

Eleanor of Aquitaine brings her astonishing odyssey to life in POWER OF A WOMAN, her memoir of marriages to two warring... More > kings, Louis VII of France, then England's Henry II. Eleanor recalls wars, intrigues and ruthless diplomacy while confessing her loves, her hopes for her children and their fates -- wresting power from kings and popes while carving space for the feminine in history. Dry wit marks Eleanor's tale of her Court of Ladies and her mystique as the femme fatale of her day. Chicago's Margaret Schmidt calls Robert Fripp "a rare magician, a writer's writer." < Less

Eleanor of Aquitaine brings her astonishing odyssey to life in POWER OF A WOMAN, her memoir of marriages to two warring... More > kings, Louis VII of France, then England's Henry II. Eleanor recalls wars, intrigues and ruthless diplomacy while confessing her loves, her hopes for her children and their fates -- wresting power from kings and popes while carving space for the feminine in history. Dry wit marks Eleanor's tale of her Court of Ladies and her mystique as the femme fatale of her day. Chicago's Margaret Schmidt calls Robert Fripp "a rare magician, a writer's writer." Read reviews, excerpts and Melissa Snell’s full-length review of this "enjoyable, enlightening book." < Less

ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE: HER TIMELINE. Nearly three hundred line items trace Eleanor's extraordinary life, shifting allegiances... More > and warring families (12 pp., 8.5" x 11" PDF). Two copyrighted "portraits" interpret her carved stone bust at the Metropolitan Museum: 1/ on the front cover; and 2/ a forensic projection of Eleanor in old age. This TIMELINE supplements Eleanor's memoirs, POWER OF A WOMAN. MEMOIRS OF A TURBULENT LIFE: ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE, by Robert Fripp (396 pp., printed Lulu POD edition; eBook versions available). RobertFripp.ca offers Eleanor resources: essays, excerpts, a readers' group guide, reviews and a shorter timeline. < Less