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Recently, I read the e-book Eleanor of Aquitaine, written by Anne Strickland and published by Paphos Publishers. I had the version of 2016. Anne Strickland also wrote a book about Catherine of Aragon. e-book Eleanor of Aquitaine About the book Eleanor of Aquitaine was an easy reading book. Eleanor was Queen of France and later Queen of England. She had at least 10 children and many descendants. The book gave a short synopsis of the history of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Though it was interesting. Eleanor of Aquitaine - Source picture: Wikipedia It mentioned inter alia her youth, her life at the Royal Court of France, the royal residences where she lived in England and her later life as prisoner of her husband King Henry II. She wasn't released until her son became king Richard I. Eleanor of Aquitaine certainly was a refreshment of my history knowledge.

Source picture: Wikipedia One of the public parks where Parisians like to celebrate, come together or just relax, certainly is the Tuileries Garden. This wonderful park is located near the Tuileries Palace (near the Louvre) in the first arrondissement Paris, France. own picture of the Tuileries Garden, Paris taken in 2017 on a rainy Sunday Morning Some royal history In July 1559, after the death of King Henry II of France, his widow, Queen Catherine de' Medici decided to move to the Louvre Palace along with her son, King François II. She wanted a new palace for herself separated from the Louvre with a garden modeled after the gardens of her native Florence. Catherine de' Medici Source picture: Wikipedia Some of the lands were already acquired by King François I but Catherine acquired more land and she ordered to build a palace and a garden on the site. Catherine commissioned a landscape architect who came from Florence to build an Italian R