What does it take to stand strong in a man’s world where women, even queens, were subject to the whims of their husbands, the church, and public perception? Eleanor of Aquitaine had wealth, power, and more land than the kings of France, yet she still struggled to keep her independence as a Woman, as a Duchess and, as a Queen. And when life threw this woman lemons, she threw them back, in a trebuchet!

Let’s journey back in time to the life of Eleanor, a woman of great intellect and intense passion whose mental and physical resilience is the stuff of legends.