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Princess Nest of Wales: seductress of the English

By Nest;Maund , Kari L

Book information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780752486918, 9780752486901, 0752486918
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
763 kB (781170 bytes)
Pages
231 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

The daughter of one king and the lover of another; matriarch of a powerful dynasty and the cause of conflict and war: Nest, princess of Dyfed, became a legend. Through the years of the Norman invasion and conquest of South Wales, she was the friend, ally, confidant and temptress of kings, princes and barons. After the death in battle of her father, Rhys ap Tewdwr, the last king of South Wales, Nest was torn from her family and country to grow up a hostage at the Norman court. Henry I made her his mistress and she bore him a lovechild, before giving her in marriage to Gerald of Windsor, the lor.;Introduction -- 1. Nest's Wales -- 2. Nest's girlhood -- 3. Nest and the Normans -- 4. Nest and the rebels -- Select bibliography -- Genealogical tables and maps.

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