Joan and Margaret. Countesses of Flanders and Princesses of Constantinople

Original title: Johanna en Margaretha. Gravinnen van Vlaanderen en prinsessen van Constantinopel

Author: Coppens, Thera

Publication Date:

November 2019

Pages:

400

Original language and publisher

Dutch | Meulenhoff

Territories Handled

Worldwide excl. Dutch

Genres

Biography, History

Joan and Margaret. Countesses of Flanders and Princesses of Constantinople

Original title: Johanna en Margaretha. Gravinnen van Vlaanderen en prinsessen van Constantinopel

Author: Coppens, Thera

Synopsis

Matriarchs of a new dynasty. Essential figures in medieval history. Meet Joan and Margaret: Countesses. Princesses. Sisters. In this riveting new biography, Thera Coppens travels back to the thirteenth century, and lets us share in the lives of two awe-inspiring sisters in charge of powerful lands. 

Joan and Margaret makes the Middle Ages come alive in a visual, resplendent manner. An unmissable dive into the tumultuous history of the Low Countries. 

Marketing Information

  • More than 35,000 copies of Thera Coppens’s books sold in The Netherlands and Flanders