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Katherine

Pages
573
Published
2006
Language
English

Synopsis

In the 14th century, the daughter of a minor herald becomes entangled in one of the most scandalous affairs of the Middle Ages: her love affair with John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. Seton's sweeping historical romance follows Katherine Swynford through court intrigue, the fallout of the Peasants' Revolt, and the long road to legitimacy and love in a world where scandal could destroy a woman's life.

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About the author

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Anya Seton

Ann Seton was born in New York, and died in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. She was the daughter of English-born naturalist and pioneer of the Boy Scouts of America, Ernest Thompson Seton and Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson. She is interred at Putnam Cemetery in Greenwich. Her historical novels were noted for how extensively she researched the historical facts, and some of them were best-sellers. Dragonwyck (1941) and Foxfire (1950) were both made into Hollywood films. Two of her books are classics...

Characters

Katherine SwynfordProtagonist
John of GauntSupporting
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