The Lady of the Rivers
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The Lady of the Rivers tells the story of Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg, and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, who was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, and then carved out a life for herself as Queen Margaret of Anjou's close friend and a Lancaster supporter - until the day that her daughter Elizabeth Woodville fell in love and married the rival king Edward IV. Of all the little-known but important women of the period, her dramatic story is the most neglected. With her links to Melusina, and to the founder of the house of Luxembourg together with her reputation for making magic, she is a most haunting heroine.
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I pretty much read these books because I love the author. But it's getting tedious. It was repetitious, but I still had to finish it. Her earlier books are so much better.
This was an interesting book, but very long. It seemed there was one war after another. I guess that's the point of the story- England was at war for so long during this time. It was a little depressing, but it was so interesting to learn the story and what life may have been like during that time.
