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Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess
by Weir, Alison
- Used
- as new
- Paperback
- Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 0712641971
- ISBN 13
- 9780712641975
- Seller
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Forestdale, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Vintage, 2008. New book, 366 pages. 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 regarged as enigmatic, intruiging and even dangerous by some of her contemporaries. In her impressive new 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 Beauforts, then the ancestress of the Yorkish kings, the Tudors, the Stuarts and every other sovereign since - a prodigious legacy that has shaped the history of Britain.. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-3560 and index.
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- Bookseller
- Viceroy Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003494
- Title
- Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess
- Author
- Weir, Alison
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New As New
- ISBN 10
- 0712641971
- ISBN 13
- 9780712641975
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- KATHERINE SWYNFORD JOHN OF GAUNT
- Bookseller catalogs
- History - Medieval;
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Viceroy Books
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Forestdale, Queensland
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