The Courts of LoveBy: Jean Plaidy When I look back over my long and tempestuous life, I can see that much of what happened to memy triumphs and most of my misfortuneswas due to my passionate relationships with men. I was a woman who considered herself their equaland in many ways their superiorbut it seemed that I depended on them, while seeking to be the dominant partneran attitude which could hardly be expected to bring about a harmonious existence. Eleanor of