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Laura (booksnob)
Nov 14, 2011 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2011, literature, humanities-reading-list
Women in history walked a fine line and could rarely step outside of the bounds of the control of men. Women learned to represent themselves as men wanted them to be and to hide their true nature of self. If they chose to venture outside of the rule of men, they would face the consequences that were designed to destroy the will of women.

The Lady Of The Rivers begins with Jacquetta meeting Joan of Arc who is being held prisoner on her uncle's farm. Jacquetta has the wisdom of sight but conforms ...more
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Wanda
Aug 29, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: historical-fiction
The third in the series of the Cousins War this novel centers around the life of Jacquetta Rivers. She was a royal in the House of Luxembourg who at the age of 15 married John, Duke of Bedford, the uncle to the infant Henry VI. Later after his death she marries below her status when she marries the Duke's groomsman, Richard Woodville. He is later given the title of Baron Rivers. The plot of this novel is set against the backdrop of the War of the Roses in England during the 15th century. Jacquet ...more
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Nadine in NY Jones
Feb 19, 2012 marked it as did-not-finish
Shelves: audio, historical-fiction, era-medieval, based-on-real-life
So I'm just now realizing that this is third in a series (following The Red Queen and The White Queen, or vice versa, whatever) ... I had no idea it was a series. If it's one of those books that REALLY requires you to read the first books first, I'll quit it. ...more
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Soelo
Mar 30, 2025 rated it liked it
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This gets really slow in the middle and then races towards the end.
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Sara
Dec 28, 2011 rated it liked it
2015 Reading Challenge, week 2. Romance.
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