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Mark Richard Beaulieu I've never been satisfied with anyone's account of Eleanor of Aquitaine's life and originally wrote it as a motion pictures script, filed with the WGA…moreI've never been satisfied with anyone's account of Eleanor of Aquitaine's life and originally wrote it as a motion pictures script, filed with the WGA. The idea for my current series stemmed from writing a book so actors would understand the times, and filmmakers would understand the sets, costumes, locations. This turned into a series. The Eleanor Code could not be told in a single book. There is too much intimacy of detail and progression of character, memory, and life's calling that is better told in a longer format. Let me get back to the idea for telling this story.

Forced to take Medieval Studies in college – forced – for what could I learn from the Middle ages. There was this thin red book - The Art of Courtly Love written by a chaplain in the 12th century about the goings on in Eleanor of Aquitaine's and later her daughter Marie's court. Tens of years and girlfriend's later, walking about Los Angeles my date and I walked into an obscure collector's book store. A book by Amy Kelly leapt off the shelf. I read a few lines speculating on this court of love, the subject of the fine art of love of immense interest. I bought it and things started to take root in my mind. Books and years later, I was satisfied I'd read everything about Eleanor, but there was this great emptiness. This emptiness was the idea for this book, scenes, phrases, songs, and the web of interactions that authors missed about Eleanor's life and family. It needed a good telling, this queen of two countries, a crusade leader, mother of ten, erotic, struggling and with a rather triumphant ending.(less)

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	Eleanor of Aquitaine : The Young Life 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eleanor of Aquitaine : The Journey East (The Eleanor Code #2) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Generation (The Eleanor Code, #4) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eleanor of Aquitaine : The Voyage West (The Eleanor Code #3) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eleanor of Aquitaine : Love + Rebellion (The Eleanor Code Book 5) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Artists Cookbook: True Artists Cook to Taste by Mark Richard Beaulieu (Goodreads Author), Joanna Lynn Beaulieu really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Artists Cookbook: TRUE ARTISTS COOK TO TASTE - An Irrational Guide to Eating Well by Mark Richard Beaulieu (Goodreads Author), Joanna Lynn Beaulieu 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Who Was Eleanor of Aquitaine?

Besides being the most interesting queen you never knew?

Eleanor of Aquitaine (Aliénor d'Aquitaine 1124*-1204), was both the Queen of France to Louis the Seventh and Queen of England to Henry the Second. That is history.

Her story is of a girl who comes to power as a self-possessed and parentless teenage leader who will challenge traditional definitions of faith, love, justice, and power to establis Read more of this blog post »

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Published on July 17, 2014 11:20 • Tags: 12th-century, court-of-love, eleanor, england, france, medieval, plantagenet, queen, romance

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Courtesan

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Mark Beaulieu said: " Sumptuous, intimate, and glorious. By page 37, we have a good idea of the stakes for what may happen. Here I leave off my first sitting. I'm writing this review 'live' as I am reading about Diane of Poitiers, an elegant force of nature with a unique ...more "

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“Culture is what we choose to repeat.”
― Mark Richard Beaulieu, Alienor - The Young Life of Eleanor of Aquitaine

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“Culture is what we choose to repeat.”
― Mark Richard Beaulieu, Alienor - The Young Life of Eleanor of Aquitaine

tags: culture

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“Before you were conceived, I wanted you. Before you were born, I loved you. Before you were an hour, I would die for you. This is the miracle of love.”
― Maureen Hawkins

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“Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.”
― Anais Nin

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“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches