 |  | | | Katherine Swynford: The Scandalous Duchess | 3rd Oct 2007 | | |
Retrieved from the footnotes of history by historian Alison Weir.
She was a royal mistress with four children by her lover and the subject of great scandal in the fourteenth century. Now Katherine Swynford’s the subject of a new biography, which dispels the idea of her as a scheming enchantress, describing her instead as woman of integrity, who left a legacy that’s shaped the history of Britain. Historian Alison Weir joins Jenni to explain why she wants to resurrect John of Gaunt’s mistress from the footnotes of history.
Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and his Scandalous Duchess, by Alison Weir is published by Jonathan Cape, ISBN 978-0224063210 | |
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