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'Geoffrey the Handsome is the virile and charming Duke of Normandy, who seduces Queen Eleanor of France to spy for him. Said to be the most beautiful woman in Europe, and very rich, Eleanor has not been able to give birth to an heir for France. Her liaison with Geoffrey could remedy that – or lead to her downfall and Geoffrey’s death. But what begins with cool calculation becomes a passionate affair. Despite his love for Eleanor, Geoffrey has larger plans: to help his warrior son, Henry, seize the English throne from the uncle who usurped it from its rightful heir, Henry’s mother. When Henry is forced to intervene to save the lives of his father and Eleanor, he falls foul of the French queen – and madly in love with her Byzantine maid. Should he become King of England, however, this dazzling foreign girl will never be acceptable as his queen.
These two relationships – both forbidden, both perilous – are at the centre of a tale of consuming ambition, family vengeance and political intrigue set in the glorious flowering of troubadour culture, mysticism and learning that is 12th-century France.' (Source: Boomerang Books website)
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D'Alpuget Goes it Alone
2014
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 July 2014; (p. 27) -
Orchestrated Tusheries
2014
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— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , February 2014;
— Review of The Young Lion 2013 single work novel -
[Review] The Young Lion
2014
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— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 5 January 2014; (p. 13)
— Review of The Young Lion 2013 single work novel -
Review : The Young Lion
2013
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review
— Appears in: Good Reading , September 2013; (p. 37)
— Review of The Young Lion 2013 single work novel -
[Review] The Young Lion
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 16 November vol. 16 November no. 2013; (p. 20)
— Review of The Young Lion 2013 single work novel
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Middle Ages Love is a Battlefield
2013
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 August 2013; (p. 21)
— Review of The Young Lion 2013 single work novel -
Challenge of Where to Draw the Lions
2013
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— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7-8 September 2013; (p. 20)
— Review of The Young Lion 2013 single work novel -
Intrigue and Menace Accompany Plantagenets' Bloody Rise
The Roar of History
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21-22 September 2013; (p. 34-35) The Canberra Times , 21 September 2013; The Age , 21 September 2013; (p. 27)
— Review of The Young Lion 2013 single work novel -
Mediaeval Romp Scrapes the Surface of the Lion's Den
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 22 September 2013; (p. 13) The Canberra Times , 22 September 2013;
— Review of The Young Lion 2013 single work novel -
[Review] The Young Lion
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 5 January 2014; (p. 13)
— Review of The Young Lion 2013 single work novel -
Undercover
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1-2 December 2012; (p. 33) A column canvassing current literary news including an update on Blanche d'Alpuget's new writing project, the as-yet-unpublished 'The Young Lion'. -
World of Words
2012
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column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 28-29 December 2012; (p. 22) The Canberra Times , 29 December 2012; (p. 15-16) The Saturday Age , 29 December 2012; (p. 22-23) Jane Sullivan nominates the best Australian and overseas published books for 2013. -
Hawke Drops a Nuclear-Tinged Poll Bombshell
2013
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 August 2013; (p. 4) -
Carte Blanche
2013
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 August 2013; (p. 22-26) -
In the Grand Scheme of Kings
2013
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 August 2013; (p. 9)
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