{"product_id":"katherine","title":"Katherine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"An inspiration and the benchmark by which I judge historical novels.\"--Alison Weir\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Exhilarating, exuberant, and rich,\" \u003ci\u003eKatherine\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping historical romance and epic novel of a love affair that changed history--that of Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the ancestors of most of the British royal family (\u003ci\u003eAustin Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in the vibrant fourteenth century of Chaucer and the Black Death, the story features knights fighting in battle, serfs struggling in poverty, and the magnificent Plantagenets--Edward III, the Black Prince, and Richard II--who rule despotically over a court rotten with royal intrigue. Within this era of danger and romance, John of Gaunt, the king's son, falls passionately in love with the already-married Katherine. Their affair, a classic of forbidden love, persists through decades of war, adultery, murder, loneliness, and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnya Seton's vivid rendering of the lives of the Duke and Duchess of Lancaster makes \u003ci\u003eKatherine\u003c\/i\u003e an unmistakable classic of medieval romance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47983320137917,"sku":"BS-TC0-222885","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9780544222885-HD.jpg?v=1786565450","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/katherine","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}