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    The King’s Sister: A Family at War

    Posted on 2nd November 2014

    And A June Giveaway!   To Commemorate the Wedding of Elizabeth of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt, to John Holland, Earl of Huntigdon on 24th June 1386 As a close…

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    Why did I write The King’s Sister?

    Posted on 25th August 2014

    My compulsion to write about Elizabeth of Lancaster, younger daughter of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster, was born out of my own initial ignorance about her (for which…

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