Royal Mistress : A Novel (Paperback)

from a1stitcher

Mistress Elizabeth Lambert, more commonly known as Jane Shore, was the most famous of Edward IV's mistresses. She has fascinated me for 30 years, since I first read "The Goldsmith's Wife". This latest novel has more accurate information about her, but I have to say there still is very little know...

from BrokenTeepee

This is my second novel by Anne Easter Smith, the first being Queen by Right. In this tale Ms. Easter Smith tells the story of Jane Shore, Edward IV's last mistress. Jane was the daughter of a mercer (basically a fabric seller) who was apparently beautiful, smart and born into the wrong time. Sma...

from emcarso1

Another amazing historical fiction novel by Anne Easter Smith. I must say I am most impressed with her uncanny ability to blend the characters from her (and others') novels. For instance, Richard III is shown with his more famous negative side from the protagonist, Jane's, point of view. This con...

from celticlady53

Elizabeth Jane Shore was a one of three mistress's of King Edward IV of England, but of the three she was with him the longest. She was one of the daughters of a silk merchant and married a man of her father's choosing who turned out to be impotent so she sets out to have her marriage annulled In...

from JanaRose1

When Jane's father marries her off, she finds herself wed to an impotent workaholic. Desperate for love and affection, she finds herself flirting and falling in love with the King. After winning his affections, she divorces her husband and becomes known as the royal mistress. The book was well wr...