Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess

作者 Alison Weir著
出版社 Vintage
出版时间 2008年8月第2版
ISBN 9780712641975
定价 112.80

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.

— END —