![]() ![]() I feel as though Eleanor of Aquitaine is a difficult person to write about, much less put words into her mouth, and I think Lofts did an admirable job of writing as her. ![]() ![]() In fact, the real action of the book begins with the crusade, which doesn’t actually happen until around page 300! Nonetheless, this novel is written in an engaging style, and many of the characters, especially the ones who are narrators, are well-defined. It’s hard to write about someone in English history who is so well-known and well-loved what better way than to write his story from the point of view of the people who knew him best?The book takes a while to get going-most of the beginning is devoted to Berengaria, hopelessly in love with a man who was more in love with the idea of reclaiming the Holy Land. The novel focuses on Richard’s reign of England (a country he spent very little time in), especially the time he spent while on crusade. The Lute Player is the story of Richard the Lionhearted, as told from the point of view of Blondel, the eponymous lute player Richard’s mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Anna Apieta, crippled half sister to Richard’s wife, Berengaria. ![]()
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