The Red Prince: The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster
Gaunt was son of Edward III, brother to the Black Prince, father to Henry IV and the sire of all those Tudors. He’s had a pretty bad press: supposed usurper of Richard II’s crown and the focus of hatr…
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