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    Category: The Shadow Queen

    Some thoughts: was Joan, Fair Maid of Kent, a beautiful woman?

    Posted on 20th October 2017

    I frequently receive comments on my posts and blogs that Joan of Kent must indeed have been an outstandingly beautiful woman.  Do not the images of her, that can be…

    Tags: Edward of WoodstockHistorical NovelsJoan of Kentmedieval historymedieval womenPlantagenetsThe Shadow Queen
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    Joan of Kent: not content with one scandalous marriage …

    Posted on 3rd August 2017

    The marriage of Joan of Kent to Edward, Prince of Wales, heir to the English throne proved to be in some ways quite as scandalous as her previous marital adventures…

    Tags: Historical NovelsJoan of KentKing Edward IIImedieval historymedieval womenPhilippa of HainaultPlantagenetsRichard IIThe Black PrinceThe Shadow Queen
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    Anne O’Brien in The Times Review

    Posted on 9th May 2017

    As part of the excitement for the publication of  The Shadow Queen, Anne was featured in a wonderful piece in The Times where she chooses her Six Best Queens.  What…

    Tags: Notable QueensThe Shadow Queen
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    Joan, the Fair Maid of Kent; a Woman of much Charm and Ambition.

    Posted on 26th April 2017

    All the medieval women I have written about in the past have been chosen by me because of the characters with whom they interacted and the story they had to…

    Tags: Edward of WoodstockJoan of KentKing Edward IIImedieval historymedieval womenPlantagenetsRichard IIThe Shadow Queen
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    Epitaph of Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales

    Posted on 26th April 2017

    Edward’s title, the Black Prince, frequently used in history, was not found in evidence until the Tudor period, and so it would be wrong to use it to assess either…

    Tags: Edward of WoodstockJoan of Kentmedieval historyPlantagenetsThe Black PrinceThe Shadow Queen
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    The Death of Joan, Countess of Kent, Princess of Wales, King’s Mother.

    Posted on 8th April 2017

    … the final days of a determined and ambitious woman. After a life which was nothing if not adventurous, Joan, the Fair Maid of Kent, died on 7/8th or perhaps…

    Tags: John Holland Duke of Exetermedieval historymedieval womenPlantagenetsRichard IIThe Shadow QueenThomas Holland Earl of Kent
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    The Last Will and Testament of Joan of Kent, Princess of Wales, King’s Mother.

    Posted on 24th March 2017

    … and the importance of a good bed. In the year of our Lord 1385, and of the reign of my dear son Richard, King of England and France; at…

    Tags: Edward of WoodstockJoan of Kentmedieval womenPlantagenetsRichard IIIThe Shadow QueenThomas Holland Earl of Kent
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