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Informationen zum Autor Philippa Gregory is the author of many bestselling novels! including The Other Boleyn Girl! and is a recognised authority on women's history. Her Cousins' War novels! reaching their dramatic conclusion with The King's Curse! were the basis for the highly successful BBC series! The White Queen. Philippa's other great interest is the charity that she founded over twenty years ago: Gardens for the Gambia. She has raised funds and paid for over 200 wells in the primary schools of this poor African country. Philippa graduated from the University of Sussex and holds a PhD and Alumna of the Year 2009 at Edinburgh University. In 2016! she received the Harrogate Festival Award for Outstanding Contribution to Historical Fiction. Philippa lives with her family on a small farm in Yorkshire and welcomes visitors to her website! PhilippaGregory.com. Klappentext Jacquetta! daughter of the Count of Luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe! 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 the most haunting of heroines. Zusammenfassung Jacquetta! daughter of the Count of Luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe! 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 the most haunting of heroines. ...
