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Passion. Hazard. Witchcraft.... The Female of the Waterways is number-one New York Times best-selling writer Philippa Gregory's remarkable history of Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford, a female who navigated a treacherous journey through the battle lines in the Wars of the Roses. Descended from Melusina, the river goddess, Jacquetta always has had the gift idea of second perception. As a child going to her uncle, she satisfied his prisoner, Joan of Arc, and found her own ability mirrored in the young female accused of witchcraft. They show the mystery of the tarot card of the wheel of bundle of money before Joan is taken to a horrific fatality as a result of the British rulers of France. Jacquetta recognizes the danger for a female who dares to wish. Jacquetta is hitched to the Duke of Bedford, British regent of France, and he introduces her to a mystical world of learning and alchemy. Her only good friend in the great household is the duke's squire, Richard Woodville, who's at her aspect when the duke's fatality leaves her a prosperous young widow. Both become fans and marry in top secret, returning to England to provide at the court of the young King Henry VI, where Jacquetta becomes a close and devoted good friend to his new queen. The Woodvilles soon achieve a location at the very heart of the Lancaster court, though Jacquetta can sense the growing threat from the folks of England and the threat of royal rivals. Not their courage and devotion can keep the home of Lancaster on the throne. Henry the ruler slides into a mystical sleep; Margaret the queen transforms to untrustworthy favorites for help; and Richard, Duke of York, threatens to overturn the complete kingdom for his rival dynasty. Jacquetta fights for her ruler, her queen, and for her princess, Elizabeth, for whom Jacquetta can sense a fantastic and unexpected future: an alteration of bundle of money, the throne of England, and the white rose of York. A sweeping, powerful history rich in love and tale and attracting on years of research, The Female of the Waterways tells the story of the real-life mother of the white queen.
