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Katherine Swynford
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Author : Alison Weir
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-03-28
Katherine Swynford written by Alison Weir and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-28 with History categories.
'Weir combines high drama with high passion while involving us in the domestic life of a most remarkable woman in an equally remarkable book' Scotland on Sunday The first full-length biography of an extraordinary love affair between one of the most important men of English History and a thoroughly modern woman. Katherine Swynford was first the mistress, and later the wife, of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster. Her charismatic lover was one of the most powerful princes of the fourteenth century and Katherine was renowned for her beauty and regarded as enigmatic, intriguing and even dangerous by some of her contemporaries. In this impressive book, Alison Weir has triumphantly rescued Katherine from the footnotes of history, highlighting her key dynastic position within the English monarchy. She was the mother of the Beaufort, then the ancestress of the Yorkist kings, the Tudors, the Stuarts and every other sovereign since - a prodigious legacy that has shaped the history of Britain.
Katherine Swynford
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Author : Jeannette Lucraft
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2011-09-30
Katherine Swynford written by Jeannette Lucraft and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-30 with History categories.
Katherine Swynford – sexual temptress or powerful woman at the centre of the medieval court? This book unravels the many myths and legacies of this fascinating woman, to show her in a whole new light. Katherine was sister-in-law to Geoffrey Chaucer and governess to the daughters of Blanche of Lancaster and John of Gaunt. She also became John of Gaunt's mistress – a role that she maintained for 20 years – and had four illegitimate children by him, from one of whom Henry Tudor was descended. In a move surprising in the fourteenth century, John of Gaunt eventually married her, making her Duchess of Lancaster and stepmother to the future king, Henry Bolingbroke. But who was this extremely well-connected woman? In this fascinating book, Jeanette Lucraft treats Katherine as a missing person and reconstructs her and her times to uncover the mystery of the 'other woman' in John of Gaunt's life.
Mistress Of The Monarchy
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Author : Alison Weir
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2009-01-27
Mistress Of The Monarchy written by Alison Weir and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
BONUS: This edition contains a reader's guide and excerpts from Allison Weir's The Lady in the Tower and Mary Boleyn. Acclaimed author Alison Weir brings to life the extraordinary tale of Katherine Swynford, a royal mistress who became one of the most crucial figures in the history of Great Britain. Born in the mid-fourteenth century, Katherine de Roët was only twelve when she married Hugh Swynford, an impoverished knight. But her story had truly begun two years earlier, when she was appointed governess to the household of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and fourth son of King Edward III. Widowed at twenty-one, Katherine became John's mistress and then, after many twists of fortune, his bride in a scandalous marriage. Mistress of the Monarchy reveals a woman ahead of her time—making her own choices, flouting convention, and taking control of her own destiny. Indeed, without Katherine Swynford, the course of English history, perhaps even the world, would have been very different. NOTE: This edition does not contain illustrations.
Katherine Swynford
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Author : Anthony Goodman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Katherine Swynford written by Anthony Goodman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with categories.
Katherine
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Author : Anya Seton
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2013
Katherine written by Anya Seton and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Fiction categories.
John of Gaunt and Katherine Swynford, Chaucer's sister-in-law, fall in love in the 14th century.
Katherine Swynford
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Author : Anthony Goodman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
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The Scandalous Duchess
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Author : Anne O'Brien
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2014-03-07
The Scandalous Duchess written by Anne O'Brien and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-07 with Fiction categories.
A Sunday Times Bestseller England’s Forgotten Queens ‘O’Brien cleverly intertwines the personal and political in this enjoyable, gripping tale.’ -The Times
Mistress Of The Monarchy
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
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Love Honour And Royal Blood Book
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Author : Carol Sargeant
language : en
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Release Date : 2009
Love Honour And Royal Blood Book written by Carol Sargeant and has been published by Dog Ear Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Great Britain categories.
The author will have a riot on her hands when people reach the last page of this book - readers will be so anxious for the second book in the trilogy to be published.' Gloria McAuley, the first person ever to read this book If Chaucer was your brother-in-law; William Wycliffe your good friend; and the most powerful man in England - John of Gaunt, the great Duke of Lancaster - was your lover . . . what would your life be like? Katharine de Roet is one of the most enigmatic women in history; and yet she sat at the centre of some of the greatest changes the world has known. Intrigue, betrayal, and intimate connections with some of the greatest minds of not just her own times, but of all recorded history, was the daily stuff of her life. But for all that, the essence of Katharine's life was a love story, and the story of John of Gaunt and Katharine Swynford is truly one of the great love stories of history. At the age of seventeen Carol Sargeant read Anya Seton's lovely novel 'Katherine' and was so moved by it that she started a 30 year research project to answer a single question. The question was 'what really happened'; what is John of Gaunt and Katharine Swynford's story? If Katharine had not said yes to love, the Tudor dynasty would not have existed, George Washington would not have been there to fi ght for American independence, and Alfred Lord Tennyson would not have written his famous poetry. And that is just the story of some of her descendants. More important is the story of the woman and the world she knew."
Katherine
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Author : Anya Seton
language : en
Publisher: Fawcett Books
Release Date : 1985-12-12
Katherine written by Anya Seton and has been published by Fawcett Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985-12-12 with Fiction categories.
This classic romance novel tells the true story of the love affair that changed history that of Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the ancestors of most of the British royal family. Set in the vibrant 14th century of Chaucer and the Black Death, the story features knights fighting in battle, serfs struggling in poverty, and the magnificent Plantagenets Edward III, the Black Prince, and Richard II who ruled despotically over a court rotten with intrigue. Within this era of danger and romance, John of Gaunt, the king's son, falls passionately in love with the already married Katherine. Their well-documented affair and love persist through decades of war, adultery, murder, loneliness, and redemption. This epic novel of conflict, cruelty, and untamable love has become a classic since its first publication in 1954.