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Philippa gregory the cousins war series6/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() A sweeping, powerful novel rich in passion and legend, The Lady of the Rivers tells the story of the real-life mother to the White Queen. ![]() Jacquetta fights for her king, her queen and her daughter Elizabeth Woodville, for whom she senses an extraordinary future. The king slides into a mysterious sleep Margaret, his queen, turns to untrustworthy favourites for help and Richard, Duke of York, threatens to overturn the whole kingdom for his rival dynasty, the House of York. Read more a growing threat from the people of England, and the danger of royal rivals. The Woodvilles return to the Lancaster court, where Jacquetta becomes close friends with young King Henry VI’s new queen. Her only friend in the great household is Richard Woodville, the Duke’s squire, and it is not long before the two become lovers and marry in secret. ![]() Jacquetta of Luxembourg is left a wealthy young widow when her husband, the Duke of Bedford, dies. THE COMPELLING NOVEL FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER PHILIPPA GREGORY ‘This is a man’s world, Jacquetta, and some women cannot march to the beat of a man’s drum. Number 1 bestselling author Philippa Gregory continues her series, The Cousins' War, with Jacquetta Woodville, mother of the White Queen Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). Description for The Lady of the Rivers (Cousins War Trilogy 3) Paperback. ![]()
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