To Be Queen
Manuscript Back in My Hands
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 | Cecelia Holland, Eleanor of Aquitaine, The Writing Life, To Be Queen | 4 Comments
I am so excited…TO BE QUEEN is back in my hands…this should be the last pass (only minor changes) before we lock it. This spring, Eleanor will live once again in my book, as she lives in all the others coming out this year.
I just finished CAPTIVE QUEEN…I read it in one day…swallowed it whole, really. What an amazing woman! Though this is a very different Eleanor from the woman I have come to know in my own work, I am thrilled to have been in the company of Alison Weir’s vision. And Cecelia Holland’s book, THE SECRET ELEANOR will arrive on Monday! I am surrounded by Eleanor, which means I am in heaven.
Cover for To Be Queen
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 | Eleanor of Aquitaine, To Be Queen | 2 Comments
On July 8th, Passages to the Past revealed the cover for To Be Queen…it is gorgeous! Thanks Amy!
http://www.passagestothepast.com/2010/07/2011-year-that-historical-fiction-eats.html
Deadline Made!
Friday, July 2nd, 2010 | Eleanor of Aquitaine, To Be Queen | 6 Comments
Well, the latest revision for To Be Queen has been turned in to my editor…whoo hoo! Now I am headed to the beach before I start outlining the next one…even Eleanor needs to take a day off…
A Quote from Eleanor
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 | Eleanor of Aquitaine, To Be Queen | No Comments
In TO BE QUEEN, Eleanor of Aquitaine is a musician as well as a ruler.
"I sang a short song that I had written for my little sister, Petra , to cheer her when she was sick with fever. I sang of a magic mirror that showed each woman herself as she really was. The power of a woman’s inner strength, held clear in her own mind, could conquer the world."
Quote from Eleanor
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 | Eleanor of Aquitaine, To Be Queen | 3 Comments
In my novel, TO BE QUEEN, Eleanor petitions the pope to annul her marriage to Louis VII…When Pope Eugenius tells her that Louis has no wish to be free of her, that instead her husband would rather wait on God’s will to see if he will ever have a son and heir, Eleanor replies:
“Louis is young. It is well and good to wait on God when one is eight and twenty. But when he is forty, and the wolves begin to circle, he will want a strong son to stand beside him, to hold them off. Whatever Louis is, whatever he hopes to be, he is king. A good king provides a son and heir for his people.”
