The Lady of the Rivers
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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
… More »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.
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Add a SummaryThe story takes plavce mainly in England, in the mid 1400's. She is married to the Duke of Bedford, who only wants to use her power of foresight. She comes into contact and gets to know the maid of Orleans, Joan, or Jeanne. Upon the duke of Bedford's death, she marries a man of her household, and later comes to court to serve the foreign Queen in troubled times.
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Add a CommentBev recommend
This was an incredibly accurate and interesting book, based on truth, about Jacquetta of Luxembourg, who marries the regent of France, and is one of the queen's closest confidantes. Jacquetta is the mother of the white queen, Elizabeth Wydeville/Woodville. 5/5, definitely.
The third book in Gregory's The Cousins' War series. Told from the point of view of Jacquetta, future mother of The White Queen. Full of action, romance, and wonderfully researched characters and settings, this was my favourite of the series.