The Lady of the Rivers (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #1)

Philippa Gregory

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 19, she ...took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, and then carved out a new life for herself.
Viac

Som rád, že vydavateľstvo Slovart prináša slovenským čitateľom preklady diel anglickej autorky (pôvodom z Kene) Philippy Gregory. Spolu s C. W. Gortnerom a Michelle Moran tvorí spisovateľský trojlístok, ktorý považujem za najlepší, čo sa historických románov týka. Nielen preto, že jej knihy sú nadmieru presné, čo sa zobrazovaných udalostí týka, ale aj pre vyzdvihovanie úlohy žien v dejinách.[...]

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 19, she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, and then carved out a new life for herself.