Katherine (2004) (edit title/settings)

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• Katherine Swynford: Orphaned daughter of Payn de Roet knighted on battlefield, convent-reared, the auburn-haired, gray-eyed beauty catches the eye of the court and unwillingly is married to landed knight Sir Hugh Swynford. Later attached to the Duke of Lancaster's household as governess to his daughters
• Philippa de Roet - La Picarde - "Pica": Sister to Katherine, Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Philippa, fiancee/wife of Geoffrey Chaucer
• John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster: 3rd son of King Edward III. Married Blanche of Lancaster to become one of richest most powerful men in England
• Lady Blanche of Lancaster: Beloved 1st wife of John of Gaunt. Her lands made John one of England's largest landholders. Protects and nurtures Katherine when she comes to court and after her marriage.Beautiful, gentle, sweet. generous
• Hugh of Swynford: Owner of run down Kettlethorpe Hall in Lincolnshire. Oaffish, knight called the "Battling Saxon Ram" in the Duke of Lancaster's retinue, "a scowling lout with ram's wool hair". Enamoured of Katherine, marries her despite her lack of a dowry
• Hawise Maudelyn: Katherine's waiting woman and friend. Daughter of successful fishmongers
• Brother William Appleton: Served the Duke of Lancaster and Lady Blanche
• Geoffrey Chaucer: Squire to the king, always "scribbling away" at his poetry and verses. Betrothed/married to Philippa de Roet, but idolizes Lady Blanche of Lancaster
• Blanchette: Daughter and first child of Katherine and Hugh. Is born under terrible circumstances from which she is saved by John of Gaunt who then becomes her Godfather.
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• Joan
• Robin
• Percy
• Ellis
• Dame Emma
• Elizabeth
• Gibbon
• Costanza
• Lady Swynford
• Katrine
• Jack
• Kettlethorpe
• Thomas
• Robert
• Pieter
• Edward
• Roger
• Julian
• Tom
• Henry
• Nichola
• Wat
• Alice Perrers
• John Ball
• Rau
• Molly
• Doucette
• Edmund
• Ralph
• Paul
• Harry
• Lincoln
• Hugh Swynford
• Master Guy
• Lady Katherine

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• London
• Savoy
• England
• Great Hall
• Castile
• Windsor
• France
• Kenilworth
• Bordeaux
• Sheppey
• Wales
• Nirac
• Bolingbroke
• Leicester
• Northumberland
• Long Will
• Aquitaine
• Scotland
• Hertford
• Canterbury
• High Table
• Bridge
• Norfolk
• Beaufort Tower
• Picardy
• Woodstock
• Flanders
• Westminster
• Blessed Virgin
• Calais
• St. Catherine
• Avalon Chamber
• Knaresborough
• Walsingham
• Tamkin
• Sudbury
• Kennington
• Trent
• Norwich
• Waltham
• Suffolk
• Blackheath
• Mass
• Pontefract
• Berwick
• Coleby
• Kettlethorpe: Sir Hugh Swynford's manor in Lincolnshire

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Anya Seton (Author)

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Awards edit see section history

• BBC's Big Read (April 2003, #95)

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• Dewey: 813.52

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › 20th Century
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
• Books › Romance › Historical
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

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