The King's Mother
Subtitle: Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 30, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780521447942
Subjects: Biography: general; British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Western Europe - General; History; Biography / Autobiography; History: World; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Women; Historical - British; Royalty; Biography & Autobiography / Royalty; Biography & Autobiography-Historical - British; Biography & Autobiography-Women; Great britain; History / Great Britain
First sentence: The Beaufort family was the offspring of an adulterous liaison between John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, and his mistress Katherine Swynford, who later became his last duches.