Constance E. (constance2u) reviewed on 8/2/2010 + 20 more book reviews

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Very thorough, albeit a trifle dry, exploration of the small amount actually known about Katherine Swynford. Alison Weir manages to eke out the outline of a romantic story from exceptionally meager sources and does it very well. One of the most remarkable things known about this apparently reclusive woman is that her children by John, the Beauforts, would become the direct forebears of the Royal Houses of York, Tudor, and Stuart, and of every British sovereign since 1461 in addition to four (some say five -- including George W. Bush) U.S. presidents.

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