Katherine Swynford : the story of John of Gaunt and his scandalous duchess
Weir, Alison2008
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Alison Weir recounts one of the greatest and most remarkable love stories of medieval England. It is the extraordinary tale of an exceptional woman, Katherine Swynford, who became first the mistress, and later the wife, of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster.
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London : Vintage, 2008.
Collation:
xvii, 366 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), col. ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2007.Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-309) and index.
ISBN:
9780712641975 (pbk)
Dewey class:
942.037092942.037092 WEI942'.037'092
Language:
English
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BRN:
57140