Mistress of the Monarchy : The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster

Author / Editor
Weir, Alison.

Title
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.