{"product_id":"katherine-anya-seton-9780544222885","title":"Katherine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An inspiration and the benchmark by which I judge historical novels.\"--Alison Weir\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Exhilarating, exuberant, and rich,\" Katherine is an 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 (\u003cem\u003eAustin Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\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 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 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 \u003cem\u003eKatherine\u003c\/em\u003e an unmistakable classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anya Seton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0544222881\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780544222885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.35w x 1.57d","brand":"Anya Seton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44133052383487,"sku":"9780544222885","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2de6294e-9e18-4ce5-87c6-2dbb685d3ed6.jpg?v=1687483808","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/katherine-anya-seton-9780544222885","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}