Katherine: The classic historical romance

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Katherine’s sexual awakening and relationship with Duke John is concurrent with the historical facts, but is aligned with the morality of the 1950s in the way that she responds but does not initiate lovemaking, and is troubled by a very individualist post-1800 conscience. When John’s father is ailing and the heir to the throne is still a child, John takes an ever greater role in government, and faces opposition which keeps him occupied and stressed.

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She’s beautiful, naïve, men fight over her, and she remains a passive inspiration to others, lacking in agency and interests outside of the romance. She was acquainted with most of the great personalities of 14th-century England, including Geoffrey Chaucer and theologian John Wycliffe.The action of the novel moves back and forth between Northumberland, Tyneside, London, and the United States.

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Born commoners, Katherine and her older sister Philippa, who married Geoffrey Chaucer, were left poor, and while Philippa obtained a position in the household of the Queen, wife to King Edward III of England, Katherine was sent to a convent.Her 1962 novel Devil Water concerns James, the luckless Earl of Derwentwater and his involvement with the Jacobite rising of 1715. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Although beset by exigent circumstances that demand great sacrifice, Katherine eventually fulfills her destiny and her heart's desire, her heirs (the Beaufort children) are connected by birth to the Tudor and Stuart line.

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Over the years some of her novels would even reach the big-screen, with Hollywood adaptations being made from her work as well. He was everything I imagine when I read regency romances - heroic, strong, practical, protective, cold, brave. It is commonly regarded as a prime example of historical fiction and has been continuously in print since its publication date. Page 574 has pen writing and signatures on it, howver, not affecting the content written material of book.With Katherine already married, the love between her and John persists throughout the decades, despite the war and turmoil that surrounds them at the time.