Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster

A stunning portrait of Katherine Swynford, a royal mistress who became one of the most crucial figures in the history of Great Britain, from the New York Times bestselling author hailed as “the finest historian of English monarchical succession writing” (The Boston Globe)

“Weir brings alive the brilliant beauty whose descendants would sit on the British throne.”—USA Today

Born in the mid-fourteenth century, Katherine de Roët was only twelve when she married Hugh Swynford, an impoverished knig...