Simona Mogavino

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Volume 5 deals with the first years of Eleanor‘s second marriage to the future King Henry II of England. The art and characterisation remain gorgeous, but I felt that the writers were a little less in control of their material than in previous volumes. Volume five has a weird subplot between Henry and one of Eleanor’s former lovers, and also gratuitously kills off Eleanor’s sister, when in fact she lived until the 1190s. There is also some nasty ableism around Henry’s younger brother, who is deformed and stutters, and therefore is evil. Overall it’s been a solid series, and I will in particular look out for more work by Simona Mogavino.… (meer)

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Volume 6 deals with the last half century of Eleanor's life, telescoping five decades into 55 pages. The art and characterisation remain gorgeous, but I felt that the writers were a little less in control of their material than in previous volumes. Volume 6 simply has too much material to cover in too short a space, though I did like the characterisation of Henry and Eleanor’s children, and the structure of telling the story through flashback from Eleanor’s old age in Fontevrault. Overall it’s been a solid series, and I will in particular look out for more work by Simona Mogavino.… (meer)