The sister queens : Isabella and Catherine de Valois
McGrigor, Mary2016
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Two sisters, born nine years apart to a mad French king during the turbulent years of the Hundred Years War, the bitter series of conflicts that set the House of Plantagenet against the House of Valois. Catherine de Valois, the beautiful young bride of Henry V, conducted a passionate love affair with the young Owain Tudor. Her sister Isabella was married aged 7 to Richard II, subsequently fled England following his murder, only to find her country fatally divided. This is a gripping tale of love, exile and conflict.
Main title:
The sister queens : Isabella and Catherine de Valois / Mary McGrigor.
Author:
McGrigor, Mary, author
Imprint:
Stroud : The History Press, 2016.Stroud : The History Press, 2016.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780750964203 (hbk)
Dewey class:
942.040922B/DEV
Language:
English
Subject:
Catherine, of Valois, Queen, consort of Henry V, King of England, 1401-1437Isabella, of Valois, Queen, consort of Richard II, King of EnglandQueens -- England -- BiographyGreat Britain -- Kings and rulers -- BiographyGreat Britain -- History -- Richard II, 1377-1399Great Britain -- History -- Henry V, 1413-1422Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
BRN:
1835550