Katherine Swynford: The History of a Medieval Mistress

by JeannetteLucraft (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2006

  $4.22

  Katherine Swynford was a medieval English noblewoman, the daughter of one of Edward III's heralds. This is a historical biography of Katherine Swynford, who was a powerful figure in the politics of fourteenth-century England, and an example of how a woman could manipulate the social mores of the time for her own interests.