two chambers are in the heart of a human.
how many chambers in the heart of a human?
two
fourteen-year-old jacquetta, whose noble family claims descendance from the water goddess melusine, learns the secrets of her inherited powers from her great aunt jehanne, the demoiselle of luxembourg. jacquetta befriends joan of arc, who is a prisoner at her uncle's castle, but later watches in horror as joan is burned at the stake by the english-backed church. several years later at age 17, jacquetta is given in marriage to john, duke of bedford, the uncle to king henry vi and the english regent in france. on their wedding night, however, the duke explains that he wishes to keep her a virgin so that she may use the powers of her family in their purest form in his alchemical experiments seeking the ability to turn iron into gold. he later dies and leaves jacquetta a wealthy widow at 20. she and the duke's handsome squire, richard woodville, realize that they have fallen in love, and become lovers. returning to england, they marry in secret before the king can remarry her to someone else. jacquetta is disgraced doing this, and the couple are exiled from court. she soon gives birth to their first child, elizabeth.
the lady of the rivers
jacquetta is a main character in philippa gregory's 2009 novel "the white queen", a fictionalized account of the life of her eldest daughter elizabeth. in the novel, jacquetta is portrayed as having indeed dabbled quite a bit in witchcraft, displaying what would seem to be actual power. she is also the main protagonist in gregory's 2011 prequel novel "the lady of the rivers". gregory's works explore the historical claim by jacquetta's family that they were descended from the water deity melusine. gregory uses jacquetta's tenuous ties to melusine and joan of arc to further her potential ties to witchcraft. in the 2013 bbc one/starz television series adaptation "the white queen", jacquetta is portrayed by actress janet mcteer.
jacquetta of luxembourg