MARC details
| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
013970000a22002170004500 |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2008044408 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780345453235 (acid-free paper) 9781615235278 1615235272 0345453239 (acid-free paper) |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Weir, Alison. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Mistress of the monarchy : The life on Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York. |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Ballantine Books. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
11/19/2010 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxii, 392 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Historian Alison Weir brings to life the tale of Katherine Swynford, a royal mistress who became a crucial figure in the British royal dynasties. Born in the mid-14th century, Katherine experienced the Hundred Years' War, the Black Death, and the Peasants' Revolt, and crossed paths with many eminent figures, among them her brother-in-law, Geoffrey Chaucer. At age ten, she was appointed to the |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Originally published under title: Katherine Swynford : the story of John of Gaunt and his scandalous duchess. London : Jonathan Cape, 2008. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) |
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| Provenance (VM) [OBSOLETE] |
44893 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Katherine, Duchess of Lancaster, 1350?-1403. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
John, of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, 1340-1399. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Nobility -- Great Britain -- Biography. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Nobility -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500. |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| General subdivision |
Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- History -- To 1500. |
| 852 ## - LOCATION/CALL NUMBER |
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B SWY |