Publication

2011 - Touchstone, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

0 words, Guess

Page Count

0 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC823/.914
  • LCCPR6057.R386 L33 2011

Description

The Lady of the Rivers tells the story of Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg, and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, who 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 a most haunting heroine.

Subjects

Topics

FictionHistoryFiction, biographicalNew York Times bestsellerFiction, historical, generalnyt:hardcover_fiction=2011-10-29Great britain, history, wars of the roses, 1455-1485, fiction

Places

Great Britain

People

Jacquetta Duchess of Bedford (1416?-1472)Richard Woodville 1st Earl of Rivers(1405-1469)

Times

Wars of the Roses, 1455-1485

Other Editions

  • Lady of the riversTouchstone2011

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