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Hardcover The Queen and the Mistress: The Women of Edward III Book

ISBN: 1639363599

ISBN13: 9781639363599

The Queen and the Mistress: The Women of Edward III

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There were two women in Edward III's life: Philippa of Hainault, his wife of forty years and bearer of twelve children, and his mistress, Alice Perrers, the twenty-year-old who took the king's fancy as his ageing wife grew sick. Both women had wealth and power but used vitally different methods to dispense it. After Philippa's death Alice began to dominate court, amassing a fortune and persuading the elderly Edward to promote her friends and punish...

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