The queen and the dragon

I want to wish everyone a Happy Easter and a Happy Passover. I remain stranded in Outremer, but if I have not yet crossed the finish line, at least it is now in sight. So I will surface again eventually. Meanwhile, April 1st is the date upon which one of history’s most amazing women drew her last breath. Women have almost always been identified by the men they married. When we mention a medieval queen, we automatically link her with the king she married. There is one glorious exception to this rule, though—the woman who wore the crowns of both England and France, mother of two kings and two queens, wed to two kings, and yet she is known to us as she would have preferred, Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Now here is a story my friend and fellow writer, Joan Szechtman, shared with me today. I am delighted to share it with you all. Such a pity it had to come out on April 1st, for this is a story we’d love to believe. http://www.thebangoraye.com/welsh-dra...