Mistress of the Monarchy : The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster
- Author / Editor
- Weir, Alison.
Mistress of the Monarchy : The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster
- Published
- New York: Ballantine Books, 2009.
- Physical Description
- xxii, 392 pp.
- Description
- Biography of Katherine Swynford, emphasizing the love she shared with John of Gaunt. Includes color illustrations, notes, index, bibliography, and several appendices (including a genealogical table of the Chaucer family). Numerous brief references to Geoffrey and Philippa Chaucer, their marriage, and their children and descendents. Also comments on Chaucer's works, especially BD.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Life.
- Book of the Duchess.