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Guilt over the tragic events at Vitry sur Marne is driving a wedge between Eleanor and her husband, Louis, the King of France.

Hidden hurts are forced out into the open when Eleanor’s sister arrives back at Court.

Though Eleanor of Aquitaine lived 900 hundred years ago, she is very modern woman.

At 16 she inherits the richest province in France and plans to run it her own way, as her grandfather promised she could. The men around her have other ideas but somehow she stays one step ahead of them all. It’s not that Eleanor thinks likes a man – it’s that the men have no idea how to contain someone with power who thinks like a woman.

Shaun McKenna's thrilling story of one of Europe's most extraordinary women.

Omnibus of five parts.

Eleanor .... Rose Basista
Louis .... Joel MacCormack
Petronilla …. Elinor Coleman
Geoffrey of Anjou …. David Sturzaker
Abbot Sugar/German Soldier/ Ralph de Vermandois …. Nicholas Murchie
Papal Legate/Raymond of Antioch …. Tony Turner
Geoffrey de Rançon …. Stewart Campbell
Empress Irene …. Jane Slavin

Director: Gemma Jenkins

First broadcast on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 in April 2021.

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