![]() ![]() The marriage is unconsummated, however, as the Duke of Bedford has other ideas for his young bride. ![]() ![]() Within days of his wife’s death, Jacquetta is married to the Duke of Bedford, heir to the English throne: a magnificent alliance for her family. Jacquetta, a teenager, is forced to watch, “I am here to witness what happens to a woman who thinks she knows more than men,” isn’t entirely accurate. This is a man’s world, Jacquetta, and some women cannot march to the beat of a man’s drum.” The Demoiselle has been protecting Joan of Arc but her widower gives Joan to the Church to be tried. Jacquetta, great-niece to the Demoiselle of Luxembourg in fifteenth century France largely annexed by the English, is warned, “She tried to walk in the common ways but some women cannot put their feet to that path. ![]()
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