Ebook: Mysterious Mistress: the Life and Legend of Jane Shore

Jane Shore often gets just a byline in history. We know her name, and that she was the mistress of a king. But who was this woman caputred for the stage by Shakespeare in 'Richard III', fictionalised by Jean Plaidy and others? Where did she come from? And how was it that having been mistress to the most powerful man in the land, she ended her years in prison and poverty? Jane Shore was born into a family of merchants and was married early, to William Shore. Having already attempted to get her marriage annulled - citing William's impotence - once she became involved with Edward IV it was i.;Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: The Life; One: Early Days, Early Years; Two: Growing Up; Three: Marriage is Destiny; Four: A Civil Contract; Five: Marriage, Divorce and Love; Six: Loss, Punishment and Penance; Seven: Last Years; Part Two: The Legend; Eight: 'for yet she liveth . . .'; Nine: A Female Icon?; Ten: The Early Ballads of Mistress Shore; Eleven: More Ballads, New Chapbooks; Twelve: The 'She-Tragedy'; Thirteen: Facts, Fiction and Fantasy; Fourteen: The Image of Jane Shore.