A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver
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A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E L Konigsburg
A National Book Award FinalistThoroughly bored of Heaven, Eleanor of Aquitaine passes the time by looking back over her long and complicated life in this charming and wryly humorous speculative middle grade novel from E.L. Konigsburg, the Newbery Medal-winning author of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
Eleanor of Aquitaine, wife to two kings, mother to two others, has been waiting in Heaven a long time--eight centuries, more or less--to be reunited with her second husband, Henry II of England. Finally, the day has come when Henry will be judged for admission. While Eleanor, never a patient woman in life or afterlife, waits, three people, each of whom was close to Eleanor during a time of her life, join her.
Their reminiscences do far more than help distract Eleanor--they also paint a rich portrait of an extraordinary woman who was front and center in a remarkable period in history and whose accomplishments have had an important influence on society through the ages.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780689846243 |
| ISBN 10 | 068984624X |
| Title | A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver |
| Author | E L Konigsburg |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Australia |
| Year published | 2001-12-15 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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