5/13/2023 0 Comments Parkland by Victor Kelleher![]() ![]() Their well-documented affair and love persist through decades of war, adultery, murder, loneliness, and redemption. Within this era of danger and romance, John of Gaunt, the king’s son, falls passionately in love with the already married Katherine. Set in the vibrant 14th 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 ruled despotically over a court rotten with intrigue. ![]() ![]() More narrative and less dialogue.įrom Goodreads: “This classic romance novel tells the true story of the 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. ![]() Many books from my teen years were like that. I’m not sure how it would be received today as there are long pages of description that sets the scene, the tone, and puts you right there in the historical period, but today those long passages might appear as if nothing much is happening. KATHERINE by Anya Seton was written over 60 years ago. ![]()
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