Book of the Week - Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and his Scandalous Duchess
Historian Alison Weir's extraordinary tale of an exceptional woman. Katherine Swynford was first the mistress and later the wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
Book of the Week - Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and his Scandalous Duchess - Episode 1
Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and his Scandalous Duchess. 1/5: Historian Alison Weir's extraordinary tale of an exceptional woman. Read by Sian Thomas.
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Book of the Week - Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and his Scandalous Duchess - Episode 2
Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and his Scandalous Duchess. 2/5: The death of Gaunt's wife leaves him devastated. When Katherine is widowed, they begin an affair.
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Book of the Week - Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and his Scandalous Duchess - Episode 3
Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and his Scandalous Duchess. 3/5: John has effectively become the uncrowned ruler and one of the most hated men in the country.
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Book of the Week - Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and his Scandalous Duchess - Episode 4
Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and his Scandalous Duchess. 4/5: The Savoy Palace, John's residence, is sacked in the Peasants' Revolt.
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Book of the Week - Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and his Scandalous Duchess - Episode 5
Katherine Swynford: The Story of John of Gaunt and his Scandalous Duchess. 5/5. John and Katherine finally marry and their Beaufort children are legitimised.
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