Edition |
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. |
Description |
320 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical reference (pages 283-314) and index. |
Contents |
Magic in the late medieval period -- Joan of Navarre. Duchess of Brittany ; Our most dear mother ; In the most evil and terrible manner imaginable -- Eleanor Cobham. A very noble lady ; From mistress to princess ; The Duchess and the Witch of Eye ; Alle women may beware by me -- Jacquetta of Luxembourg and Elizabeth Woodville. Lively, beautiful and gracious ; From woods to rivers ; A common noise of witchcraft ; The mother, the queen and the mistress ; A royal coven of witches. |
Summary |
This story of four royal women, their lives intertwined by family and bound by persecution, unravels the history of witchcraft in fifteenth-century England. |
Subject |
Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre, 1528-1572.
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Eleanor, of Gloucester, Duchess, 1391-1447.
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Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, 1416?-1472.
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Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492.
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Witches -- Great Britain -- History.
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Witch hunting -- Great Britain -- History.
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Queens -- Great Britain -- History.
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Eleanor, of Gloucester, Duchess, 1391-1447. (OCoLC)fst00102896
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Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492. (OCoLC)fst01728657
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Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, 1416?-1472. (OCoLC)fst01567961
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Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre, 1528-1572. (OCoLC)fst00148435
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Queens. (OCoLC)fst01085637
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Witch hunting. (OCoLC)fst01747420
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Witches. (OCoLC)fst01176346
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
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Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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ISBN |
9781643133324 (hardcover) |
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1643133322 (hardcover) |
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