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Philippa Gregory’s remarkable story of Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, and after her husband dies marries a commoner. Yet her and her husband navigate the treacherous battle lines in the Wars of the Roses.
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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 nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her house-hold for love, and then... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Jacquetta of Luxembourg: The main character, mother to Elizabeth Woodville. Known to have the power to forsee and to scry.
- Henry VI: The Lancaster (Red) King. Inept leader due to mental illness
- Elizabeth Woodville: Jacquetta's daughter, wife to Edward IV. Mother of the Princes in the Tower.
- Edward Earl of March: The York (White) King, second husband to Elizabeth Woodville, brother of Richard III.
- Margaret of Anjou: French born Queen of England, married to Henry VI. In love with Edmund Beaufort and mother to the Lancaster heir. Jacquetta Woodville is Margaret's closest confidante.
- Richard Woodville: Squire to the Duke of Bedford, second husband of Jacquetta, loyal knight and soldier of Henry VI, supporter of the Lancaster cause.
- Sir John Grey: Husband of Elizabeth, Lancaster supporter. Father of Richard Grey and Thomas Grey, the Marquis of Dorset.
- Cecily Neville: Duchess of York, wife of Richard, Duke of York and mother of Edward IV.
- Edmund Beaufort: Duke of Somerset, romantically involved with the Queen of England, Margaret Anjou.
- William De La Pole: Earl of Suffolk, favorite of the court of Henry VI and Margaret.
- Alice De La Pole: wife of the Earl of Suffolk, close confidante of Margaret of Anjou
- Jacquetta Woodville: Lady of the Rivers who has second sight
- Joan of Arc: Joan of Arc, the young maid who helped to lead the soldiers of France and helped to put Charles VII on the throne.
- Richard Neville: one of the lords of the realm who at times went against the king.
- Jack Cade: A commoner who riled the people up and captured many English towns trying to get the king to do right by the people.
- Jehanne: Add a description of this character.
- Melusina: Mystical character believed by some to be half woman half fish who had magical gifts.
- Eleanor Cobham
- John Mortimer: One of the March lords and at times was against the king and did get locked up in the tower.
- Duke Humphrey
- John Talbot Earl
- Mary Sears
- Lady Grey: Mother to John Grey, who married Elizabeth Woodville.
- Lancaster: A lord wealthy enough to rival the king himself. Often tried to make the king bend to his wishes.
- Mrs Jourdemayne
- Thomas Stanley
- Martha
- Jasper Tudor: Lord of western lands.
- Roger Bolingbroke
- George Cutler
- Andrew Trollope
- Cardinal Beaufort
- Dr. Faceby
- Richard Tunstall
- Owen Tudor
- Duchess Anne
- Sheriff of Kent
- Lord Bonville
- Yolande of Aragon
- Lord Welles
- Henry V
- Katherine
- Margaret Beaufort
- Lord Scales
- Henry Stafford
- Pierre Cauchon
- Margery Jourdemayne
- Jacqueline
- Henry Chichele
- Devon
- Edmund Tudor
- James Touchet
- Jacquetta St. Pol
- Thomas Kyriell
- St. George
- Henry Lovelace
- King Henry IV
- Duke of Bedford
- Lord Clifford
- Earl of Warwick
- Lionel
- Anthony Woodville: Son of Jaquetta and her husband, Richard Woodville.
- Lord Audley
- Merry
- William Crowmer
- Earl of Salisbury
- John Arundel
- Dauphin Charles
- John Duke of Bedford
- Lord Mayor of London
- John Grey: First husband to Elizabeth Woodville.
- Louis
- Lewis
- Fisher King
- Richard of York
Quotes edit
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“A spell and a prayer and knowing your desire are all the same thing.”
Jacquetta -
“I am too young to understand that a man and woman can love each other so deeply that their hearts beat as if they were one heart, and yet, at the same time, know that they are utterly hopelessly different.”
Jacquetta -
“For a moment he hesitates, with his hands on my waist. It is as if our bodies have come together, almost without our volition: my head on his shoulder, his hands on my waist. It is as if we are drawn, one to another, like the planets on their wires in my lord's library. Slowly, I realize that I am filled with an emotion I have never felt before; slowly I realize that this is a longing. I turn my face up towards him, and his darkened eyes look down at me, his hands warm, his face almost puzzled as he feels the desire that is slowly pulsing in me.”
Jacqutta -
“But I do know, even as we move towards ecstasy, that it is a woman's pain and that I have become a woman of earth and fire, and I am no longer a girl of water and air.”
Jacquetta -
“I will be waiting for you. I will always be there waiting for you. Remember I have promised you -- you will never look for me in vain.”
Richard -
“She turns her face away and rubs her eyes. 'It is not the same for me. It will never be the same for me. I will never be loved like you are loved. And I think I am dying inside, Jacquetta.'”
Margaret
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We have to learn to treat misfortune and great fortune with indifference. That is wisdom.”
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“She tried to live like an ordinary woman, but some women cannot live an ordinary life. She tried to walk in the common ways, but some women cannot put their feet to that path. This is a man’s world, Jacquetta, and some women cannot march to the beat of a man’s drum. Do you understand?”
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But I warn you that a woman who seeks great power and wealth has to pay a great price.
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longing for something without the expectation of getting your desire.”
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We, their own lords, quarrel among ourselves and bring death to their door, as if our opinions and thoughts and dreams are worth far more than their safety and health and children.
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all that I learn just teaches me that I know nothing.” She smiles. “That is the very path of learning,” she says.
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before you make a spell to bring it back, you have to change yourself. That’s one of the deepest transformations that can be.”
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When a man wants a mystery, it is generally better to leave him mystified. Nobody loves a clever woman.
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Everything that highly educated men can do to obscure a simple truth, to make a woman doubt her feelings, to make her own thoughts a muddle, they do to her.
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Behind us, the city of London throws open the gates to the young Edward, the Duke of York’s oldest son and heir, and they take him to the throne and proclaim him King of England.
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Setting & Locations edit
England
- England
- Tower Of London
- France
- Calais
- Paris
- Bedford
- Rouen
- Gascony
- Salisbury
- Bordeaux
- Windsor
- Kenilworth
- Westminster
- Normandy
- Wales
- Northamptonshire
- Groby Hall
- Ludlow
- Dauphin
- Leicester
- Arras
- Scotland
- Suffolk
- Coventry
- Penshurst
- Greenwich
- Cardinal Beaufort
- Lord Scales
- Midlands
- Ireland
- Sandwich
- Lord Mayor
Organizations edit
- The House of Lancaster: The House of the Red Rose has ruled since Henry IV in 1399.
- The House of York: The House of the White Rose is contesting the House of Lancaster for the throne of England.
- French: The English and French were constantly in battle over much of the lands now under French rule, but mostly the land facing the coast of England
First Sentence edit
She sits, this odd trophy of war, as neat as an obedient child, on a small stool in the corner of her cell.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 6 in War of the Roses. (standard series)
Preceded by The Red Queen, and followed by The Kingmaker's Daughter.
This is book 121 of 121 in Znanje - Knjiga dostupna svima. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Philippa Gregory (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
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Publication Date: Autumn, 2011
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Page Count: 480
Publisher: Add the publisher.
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Publication Date: Autumn, 2011
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Page Count: 480
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- Dewey: 813
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