Pamela Kaufman

Seeking revenge for the murders of her parents, Alix Wanthwaite, an inquisitive, resourceful young woman, becomes entangled in a love triangle involving King Richard the Lionhearted, in this authentically detailed, richly wrought novel of the Middle Ages. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Shield of Three Lions

A richly textured historical novel chronicles the life and times of the legendary queen Eleanor of Aquitaine as she reflects on her eventful and turbulent life in the political and cultural spotlight as the wife of two powerful kings. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine

The Book of Eleanor

In the conclusion of the Alix of Wanthwaite trilogy, which began with Shield of Three Lions, Alix, pregnant with the child of Richard the Lionheart, flees from Richard's ruthless brother, Prince John, who will do anything to ensure that the child will never take the throne, joining an alliance of northern lords pledged to end the reign of the ruthless prince. Original. 25,000 first printing.

A Novel

The Prince of Poison

In pitch-perfect first-person narrative, The Book of Eleanor evokes the passion, intelligence, and political savvy of the remarkable woman known as Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. Not since Katharine Hepburn's Oscar-winning portrayal of Eleanor in The Lion in Winter has anyone captured the true nature of this dazzling and formidable woman, whose story of survival and strength continues to captivate us today.As the intoxicating story begins, Eleanor arrives at the ruined Welsh castle where she has been exiled to die in obscurity by her enraged husband, Henry II. As she sits to write her memoir, Eleanor's words weave the singular story of her life. Ruler of Aquitane at 15, she was thrust into the political and cultural spotlight as a result of her loveless marriages to two powerful kings. Now, she is determined to outlive her captor and triumph in the political sphere she loves.Fans of Pamela Kaufman's previous bestsellers, as well as readers of popular historical fiction like When We Were Gods and Rosalind Miles's Guenevere trilogy, will find this Eleanor a resonant, unforgettable heroine.

The enchanting Alix of Wanthwaite returns in a suspenseful and richly textured adventure in which nothing less than the future of England is at stake. Alix is home at her beloved estate on the Scottish border when King Richard’s soldiers march into her castle and demand to take her to the Continent with them. King Richard has been captured while on Crusade, and Alix is among the nobles whose lives will be collateral for the king’s ransom. But when she’s delivered to Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard’s mother, she is dumbfounded to learn that the queen has other plans for her. King Richard needs an heir, Eleanor tells Alix. Repulsed by his queen, a homely religious fanatic, he has told his mother that the only woman he wants is the one he met on Crusade, when she was disguised as a boy. Richard wants Alix to be his mistress and the mother of the next Plantagenet king. Now a beguiling and irrepressible young woman, Alix faces more tribulations—and romance—on this trip to Europe, where affairs of the state and affairs of the heart are intricately intertwined.

Pamela Kaufman

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