内容简介
KatherineSwynfordwasfirstthemistress,andlaterthewife,ofJohnofGaunt,theDukeofLancaster.HercharismaticloverwasoneofthemostpowerfulprincesofthefourteenthcenturyandKatherinewasrenownedforherbeautyandregardedasenigmatic,intriguingandevendangerousbysomeofhercontemporaries.Inherimpressivenewbook,AlisonWeirhastriumphantlyrescuedKatherinefromthefootnotesofhistory,highlightingherkeydynasticpositionwithintheEnglishmonarchy.ShewasthemotheroftheBeaufort,thentheancestressoftheYorkistkings,theTudors,theStuartsandeveryothersovereignsince-aprodigiouslegacythathasshapedthehistoryofBritain.
作者简介
AlisonWeirlivesandworksinSurrey.SheisoneofBritain'sforemostpopularhistorians.HerbooksincludeBritain'sRoyalFamilies,TheSixWivesofHenryVIII,ChildrenofEngland,EleanorofAquitaine,HenryVIII:KingandCourt,Mary,QueenofScots,Isabella:She-WolfofFrance,QueenofEnglandandmostrecentlythenovelInnocentTraitor.