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A review by mkschoen
Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster by Alison Weir
3.0
Very good so far. Weir does a good job of telling her story depite having almost no source material in the woman's own voice. It is a bit tricky keeping track of everyone; I keep flipping to the geneaology charts in the back to see who's who and whether they're York or Lancaster.
The one fault is that lack of Katherine's voice. There's a lot of "Katherine would have known...," "Katherine must have beleived...," "Katherine may have remembered..." etc. Weir does a good job making her case, but there's simply no way to know whether this is the great love story she says it is.
The one fault is that lack of Katherine's voice. There's a lot of "Katherine would have known...," "Katherine must have beleived...," "Katherine may have remembered..." etc. Weir does a good job making her case, but there's simply no way to know whether this is the great love story she says it is.