The Summer Queen (63 page)

Flori, Jean,
Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen and Rebel
, Edinburgh University Press,
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Louis VII 1137–1180
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Abbot Suger of St-Denis: Church and State in Early Twelfth-Century France
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translated from the Latin with introduction and notes by Marjorie Chibnall D. Phil., Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1956

Kelly, Amy,
Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings
, 1950, ISBN 978 067424254 8

King, Alison, Akashic Records Consultant

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography
, Frederick Muller, 1978, ISBN 0 584 10347 6

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De Profectione Ludovici VII in Orientem
,
edited with an English translation by Virginia Gingerick Berry, Columbia University Press, 1947

Owen, D. R.,
Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen and Legend
, Blackwell, 1993,
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Painter, Sidney,
‘Castellans of the Plains of Poitou in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries’, article published in
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Louis VII
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Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Mother Queen
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I would like to thank the lovely people who have been involved in the process of bringing
The Summer Queen
from first idea to finished novel. Obviously the writing and crafting is mostly my input, but no author is ever an island and so many have helped me along the way.

I would like to thank the team at Little, Brown UK, especially my editor Rebecca Saunders who is always there for me and braced for my ‘enthusiasms’. Also my copy-editors Richenda Todd and Hannah Green; their eagle eyes and advice have been so helpful. Any errors that remain are mine.

My agent Carole Blake and everyone at Blake Friedmann are without compare. I have the best agent in the world – it’s official.

I owe a big thank you to Thea Vincent at Pheonix Web Designs for putting together my marvellous website, which is a constant work in progress.

My thanks to the regular bunch of readers and writers at Facebook and Twitter for daily discussions on all things historical, medieval, and especially the Marshal family! I can’t name you all individually but you know who you are. A special shout-out too to my Australian fanclub and thank you so much for the T-shirt!

Another thank you goes to my dear writer friend Sharon Kay Penman, who is an example to every author of historical fiction.

I couldn’t have written
The Summer Queen
without the insight and rare talent of my very good friend and colleague Alison King.

And last but never least, a special thank you to my husband Roger who has a knighthood for services rendered, with a special mention for a constant replenishment of my tea mug and biscuit plate!