The Sister Queens: Isabella and Catherine de Valois Tapa blanda -

History Press, 2019. Paperback. New. New softcover in printed wraps. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. Includes family trees, appendices [2], bibliography, index, and B&W photographs. 288 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Isabella de Valois was 3 years old when, on a hot August day in 1392, her father suddenly went mad. Less than four years later, she was married by proxy to the English King Richard II and arrived in England with a French retinue and her doll's house. Richard's humiliating deposition and brutal murder by his cousin, the future Henry IV, forced Isabella's desperate return to France where she found her country fatally divided.Isabella's sister, Catherine de Valois, became the beautiful young bride of Henry V and is unique in history for being the daughter of a king, the wife of a king, the mother of a king and the grandmother of a king. Like her sister, Catherine was viewed as a bargaining chip in times of political turmoil, yet her passionate… Leer más

History Pr Ltd, 2020. Paperback. New. 288 pages. 7.75x5.00x1.00 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. The first history of sisters Isabella and Catherine de Valois, who both married English kings amid the brutal Hundred Years War

The History Press, 2020. Paperback. Like New. 5x0x7. Paperback. Cover shows very minor shelving wear, otherwise an unblemished copy.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.