Katherine"Exhilarating, exuberant, and rich," Katherine is an epic novel of a love affair that changed history—that of Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the ancestors of most of the British royal family (Austin Chronicle). Set in the vibrant fourteenth century of Chaucer and the Black Death, the story features knights fighting in battle, serfs struggling in poverty, and the magnificent Plantagenets—Edward III, the Black Prince, and Richard II—who rule despotically over a court rotten with intrigue. Within this era of danger and romance, John of Gaunt, the king’s son, falls passionately in love with the already-married Katherine. Their affair persists through decades of war, adultery, murder, loneliness, and redemption. Anya Seton's vivid rendering of the lives of the Duke and Duchess of Lancaster makes Katherine an unmistakable classic. “An inspiration and the benchmark by which I judge historical novels.”—Alison Weir |
Contents
1 | |
PART TWO 1369 | 155 |
PART THREE 1371 | 223 |
PART FOUR 13761377 | 279 |
PART FIVE 1381 | 389 |
PART SIX 13871396 | 541 |
Afterword | 593 |
Back Cover | 595 |
Spine | 596 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Alice Perrers Aquitaine arms baby baron beneath Black Death Blanche Blanchette Blessed Bordeaux Brother William castle chamber cheeks child church Costanza courtyard cried Dame Emma dark dear door Duchess Duke of Lancaster Duke's Ellis eyes face father fear felt fire friar Gascon gave gazed Geoffrey Geoffrey Chaucer girl glanced God's Grace hair Hall hand Hawise head heard heart horse Hugh Hugh's Joan John John Ball Katherine Swynford Katherine's Katrine Kenilworth Kettlethorpe King King's kissed knew Lady Swynford laughed Leicester Castle Lincolnshire lips London looked lord manor marriage Master Guy mother never night Nirac Philippa prie-dieu priest Prince of Wales Princess prioress Queen Richard Robin royal Saint Savoy seemed serfs Sheppey shouted sighed smiled spoke squire stared stood sweet there's Tower turned voice waited walked watched whispered window woman young