The Lady of the Rivers
Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her house-hold for love, and then...
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Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her house-hold for love, and then carved out a life for herself as Queen Margaret of Anjou's close friend and a Lancaster supporter - until the day that her daughter Elizabeth Woodville fell in love and married the rival king Edward IV. Of all the little-known but important women of the period, her dramatic story is the most neglected. With her links to Melusina, and to the founder of the house of Luxembourg, together with her reputation for making magic, she is the most haunting of heroines.
źródło opisu: Simon & Schuster, 2012
źródło okładki: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Lady-Rivers-Cousins-War/dp/1847394663
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Format: papier
Publish date: 2011 (data przybliżona)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
Pages no: 527
Edition language: English
Again, it's been a while since I read this one, so I won't have much to say about it. I'm working on catching up, I promise! I almost backed out of reading this one even after I had picked it up from the library. The description makes it sound like there's a lot of witchcraft in the book and that ...
This picked up in the second half.Not a fan of the narrator
I suspect this one is the least historically accurate book on the series so far. Jacquetta seems to be a very mysterious character, mostly absent from historical record.Maybe because of that, the story flows beautifully. Since there aren't that many facts to stick to, the book is free to create dram...
I suspect this one is the least historically accurate book on the series so far. Jacquetta seems to be a very mysterious character, mostly absent from historical record.Maybe because of that, the story flows beautifully. Since there aren't that many facts to stick to, the book is free to create dram...
I have read other novels by Philippa Gregory, but this is the first novel I've read of hers about the War of the Roses. Verdict: I enjoyed it and would encourage readers who have enjoyed Philippa Gregory in the past to pick it up. Subject: This book is the story of Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Dowa...
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