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The Sister Queens: Isabella & Catherine de Valois
Mary McGrigor
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Description for The Sister Queens: Isabella & Catherine de Valois
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 2340 x 156. .
Isabella de Valois was 3 years old when, on a hot August day in 1392, her father suddenly went mad. Less than four years later, she was married by proxy to the English King Richard II and arrived in England with a French retinue and her doll's house. Richard's humiliating deposition and brutal murder by his cousin, the future Henry IV, forced Isabella's desperate return to France where she found her country fatally divided. Isabella's sister, Catherine de Valois, became the beautiful young bride of Henry V and is unique in history for being the daughter of ... Read more
Isabella de Valois was 3 years old when, on a hot August day in 1392, her father suddenly went mad. Less than four years later, she was married by proxy to the English King Richard II and arrived in England with a French retinue and her doll's house. Richard's humiliating deposition and brutal murder by his cousin, the future Henry IV, forced Isabella's desperate return to France where she found her country fatally divided. Isabella's sister, Catherine de Valois, became the beautiful young bride of Henry V and is unique in history for being the daughter of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750964203
SKU
V9780750964203
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About Mary McGrigor
Mary McGrigor is the author of several books, including Argyll, The Other Tudor Princess, and The Tsar's Doctor.
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