A review by librarianmel
Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess by Alison Weir

3.0

I liked this biography for what it was, but I also think it should be narrowed and inserted in a larger context, important women in medieval times, or something. Katherine Swynford seems like she was a cool and baller lady, but so little actually exists of her today, that the entire book was, maybe, possibly, and quotes from Chaucer (her brother-in-law) that may have been about her, John of Gaunt, or their circle of acquaintances.

I would like it very much if the author would write a fictionalized version of Katherine's life, since so many of the details need to be invented, anyway, her other historical fiction novels have always been enjoyable for me.