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      ISBN: 978-1-472-01039-1

      THE SCANDALOUS DUCHESS

      © 2014 Anne O’Brien

      Published in Great Britain 2014

       by HQ, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF

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      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, locations and incidents are purely fictional and bear no relationship to any real life individuals, living or dead, or to any actual places, business establishments, locations, events or incidents. Any resemblance is entirely coincidental.

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      To George, who for a whole year tolerated having to play second fiddle to John of Lancaster, but knows that he always remains my hero.

       ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      All my thanks to my agent, Jane Judd, whose love of history is as strong as my own. Her support and encouragement for me and the courageous women of the Middle Ages continues to be invaluable.

      To Sally Williamson at HQ whose empathy with what I wish to say about my characters is beyond price. To her and to all the staff at HQ, without whose advice and professional commitment the real Katherine Swynford would never have emerged from the mists of the past.

      To Helen Bowden and all at Orphans Press, without whom my website would not exist and who create professional masterpieces out of the rough drafts of genealogy and maps I push in their direction.

      ‘…he [John, Duke of Lancaster] was blinded by desire, fearing neither God nor shame amongst men.’

      Knighton’s Chronicle 1337-1396

      ‘…a she-devil and enchantress…’

      The Anonimalle Chronicle 1333-1381

      ‘…an unspeakable concubine…’

      Thomas Walsingham’s Chronicon Angliae

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