The Lady of the RiversThe Lady of the Rivers by Philippa Gregory tells the story of Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe. She was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of nineteen, she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, carving out a life for herself as Queen Margaret of Anjou's close friend and a supporter of the