Lady of the Rivers

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Descended from Melusina, the river goddess, Jacquetta has always had the gift of second sight. As a child visiting her uncle, she meets his prisoner, Joan of Arc, and sees her own power reflected in the young woman accused of witchcraft. A sweeping, powerful novel rich in passion and legend and drawing on years of research, The Lady of the Rivers tells the story of the real-life mother to the White Queen.
Great britain, history, wars of the roses, 1455-1485, fictionFiction, biographicalFiction, historicalnyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2011-11-06New York Times bestsellerFiction, historical, generalFictionBiographical fictionHistorical fictionHistory