This classic romance novel tells the true story of the love affair that changedhistorythat of <strong>Katherine</strong> Swynford and John of Gaunt Duke of Lanc... » 

This classic romance novel tells the true story of the love affair that changedhistorythat of Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster theancestors of most of the British royal family. Set in the vibrant 14th centuryof Chaucer and the Black Death the story features knights fighting in battleserfs struggling in poverty and the magnificent PlantagenetsEdward III theBlack Prince and Richard IIwho ruled despotically over a court rotten withintrigue. Within this era of danger and romance John of Gaunt the kings sonfalls passionately in love with the already married Katherine. Their welldocumented affair and love persist through decades of war adultery murderloneliness and redemption. This epic novel of conflict cruelty and untamablelove has become a classic since its first publication in 1954. «