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 | | One of the debtors was Alais Capet, the daughter of Louis VII of France with his second wife -- the one he married after he divorced Eleanor for her infidelities and she ran off with Henry of Anjou, soon to be Henry II of England... |
 | | Brave, outspoken, and passionate, Alais was a real historical figure, sister to the king of France and also, somewhat shockingly, mistress to Henry II (her stepfather) while Eleanor was locked up in the tower at Sarum... |
 | | The story, set in the early 1200s, is narrated by Princess Alais Capet, a bored and somewhat bitter member of the French nobility, long passed over for both matrimony and higher status... |
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