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This is an excellent historical novel about the Plantagenet family in the 1400's in England and France. The court intrigues and manipulation of people who are just trying to their best in life but can't because they are under the control of others is just abominable. Sadly this type of political intrigue and manipulation continues today. History certainly does repeat itself, although hopefully without all the murders that took place back then.
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Not a genre or book I would generally read, but a member of my book club challenged me to try some of Gregory's books. Historical fiction about Jacquetta of Luxembourg whose first-born eventually becomes Queen of England. She has no children in her first, arranged marriage to an older widower. After his death, she marries her first husband's squire without the court's permission. She gives birth to 14 children (for real!) in this marriage.
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