On the Subject of Medieval Hotties, Weir et al

Don't mean to go too far OT, but just received this endorsement of David
Green's book on the Black Prince (Pearson). I thought that, since we
were having a go at Weir, we might be interested in the following book
endorsement---especially the part alluding to Joan, The Fair Maid of
Kent. There were sure a pile of medieval hotties about.

In this thoroughly readable book, David Green provides a vivid
picture of England in the late fourteenth century, centred on the
career of the Black Prince. The nature of aristocratic power
provides a central theme, while war, plague and religion receive
full attention. The book also throws many fascinating sidelights on
the period, from the scandalously low-cut dresses of the Princess of
Wales and the military finery of the Black Prince, to the
increasingly macabre tombs of the period, with their images of
decaying skeletons contrasting with worldly splendour.'/Michael
Prestwich, Professor of History, University of Durham/

http://www.pearsoned.co.uk/Bookshop/detail.asp?item=100000000043918

I believe Joan got a tad chunky later on---kinda like the Wife of Bath.

--- In , Bill Barber
<bbarber@...> wrote:
>
> Don't mean to go too far OT, but just received this endorsement of
David
> Green's book on the Black Prince (Pearson). I thought that, since
we
> were having a go at Weir, we might be interested in the following
book
> endorsement---especially the part alluding to Joan, The Fair Maid
of
> Kent. There were sure a pile of medieval hotties about.
>
> In this thoroughly readable book, David Green provides a vivid
> picture of England in the late fourteenth century, centred on
the
> career of the Black Prince. The nature of aristocratic power
> provides a central theme, while war, plague and religion receive
> full attention. The book also throws many fascinating
sidelights on
> the period, from the scandalously low-cut dresses of the
Princess of
> Wales and the military finery of the Black Prince, to the
> increasingly macabre tombs of the period, with their images of
> decaying skeletons contrasting with worldly splendour.'/Michael
> Prestwich, Professor of History, University of Durham/
>
> http://www.pearsoned.co.uk/Bookshop/detail.asp?item=100000000043918
>
> I believe Joan got a tad chunky later on---kinda like the Wife of
Bath.


Joan of Kent (the "Fair Maid" moniker was applied after her lifetime)
was a bit if a hottie, as well as a bit of a round-heels, from what I
read. She climbed the social ladder by calculation and by her looks,
if not quite on her back. I imagine she was very annoyed when she
didn't become Queen after all, due to the Black Prince dying in his
father's lifetime.

Katy