The Lady of the Rivers

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Descended from Melusina^ ^ the river goddess, Jacquetta has always W
had the gift of second sight. As a child visiting her uncle, ^ W she meets his prisonetJoanofArc, and sees her own power ^ ' reflected in the young woman accused of witchcraft.
Married to the Duke of BedfordyEo^sh Regent of France, Jacquetta is introduced by him to a mysterious world of learning and alchemy. Her only friend in the great household is the Dukes squire, Richard Woodville, who is at her side when the Duke's death leaves her a wealthy young widow. The two become love^ a^. marry in secret, returning to England to serve at the court ofij^e young King Henry VI, where Jacquetta becomes a close ac^oyaLfriend
to his n^v queen.
The Woodvilles seonsjl^aptve a place at the very heart of the Lancaster court, thouglbf^^ffitta. can sense the growing threat from the people of of royal rivals. The king slides
into a mysterlous-ds^HH^feu^' his queen, turns to untrustwrathy favourites for help/a^^^ehard,... Tovább

Fülszöveg

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Descended from Melusina^ ^ the river goddess, Jacquetta has always W
had the gift of second sight. As a child visiting her uncle, ^ W she meets his prisonetJoanofArc, and sees her own power ^ ' reflected in the young woman accused of witchcraft.
Married to the Duke of BedfordyEo^sh Regent of France, Jacquetta is introduced by him to a mysterious world of learning and alchemy. Her only friend in the great household is the Dukes squire, Richard Woodville, who is at her side when the Duke's death leaves her a wealthy young widow. The two become love^ a^. marry in secret, returning to England to serve at the court ofij^e young King Henry VI, where Jacquetta becomes a close ac^oyaLfriend
to his n^v queen.
The Woodvilles seonsjl^aptve a place at the very heart of the Lancaster court, thouglbf^^ffitta. can sense the growing threat from the people of of royal rivals. The king slides
into a mysterlous-ds^HH^feu^' his queen, turns to untrustwrathy favourites for help/a^^^ehard, Duke of York, threatens to overturn the whole kingdom for his rival dynasty of the House of York.
Jacquetta fights for her king, her queen, and for her daughter Elizabeth Woodville, a young woman for whom Jacquetta can sense an extraordinary and unexpected future: a change of fortune, the throne of England, and the white rose of York.
A sweeping, powerful novel rich in passion and legend and drawing on years of research. The Lady of the Rivers tells the story of ^ the real-life mother to the White Queen. Vissza