Product Details
Simon & Schuster UK, October 2011
Hardcover, 512 pages
ISBN-10: 184737459X
ISBN-13: 9781847374592
Description
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 household 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.
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.
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“Wielding magic again in her latest War of the Roses novel … Gregory demonstrates the passion and skill that has made her the queen of English historical fiction.…Gregory portrays spirited women at odds with powerful men, endowing distant historical events with drama, and figures long dead or invented with real-life flaws and grand emotions. She makes history … come alive for readers.”
-- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“The best writers of historical fiction imbue the past with the rich tapestry of life and depth, and Gregory is surely counted among their number. . . .A worthy addition to this fascinating series, once again distinguished by excellent characterization, thorough research, and a deft touch with the written word.”
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“This rip-roarer possesses the same intimate imaginative texture of Gregory’s classic The Other Boleyn Girl. . . . It’s about love, power and human weakness.”
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“The best yet, a lively tale . . . set amid civil wars in England and France.”
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"The ethereal magic threaded throughout the story. . . .contrasts nicely with the power politics."
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Herald Times, October 31, 2011
..."The Lady of the Rivers" (Touchstone Books), by Philippa Gregory The third novel in Philippa Gregory's Cousins' War series is the best yet, a lively tale of witchcraft and romance set ...
Foxboro Reporter, October 6, 2011
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Keighley News, September 30, 2011
...The third book in the Cousins' War series is a prequel to Gregory's recent tales of the York and Lancaster matriarchs. But while Gregory's latest heroine begins her story on the periphery of the two warring families, gradually she is in the ...
Leicester Mercury, September 29, 2011
...International best-selling author and historian Philippa Gregory, known for her novels chronicling the Tudors, has focused on the House of the Plantagenets for her third novel in the Cousins' War series. For those who have read ...
Bookseller, September 15, 2011
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