Sherry Jones
Author and journalist Sherry Jones, best known for the international bestseller The Jewel of Medina and the novella White Heart about Blanche de Castille; author of Josephine Baker's Last Dance.
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Sep 28, 2026
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I found that Blanche de Castille, like so many women of her era and so many of the women who have been in my books, had these formidable odds.
Sherry JonesGUEST
Married at age 12, her first three children died in childbirth because she was so young.
Sherry JonesGUEST
And then she had two more children who died when they were infants, maybe for the same reason.
Sherry JonesGUEST
Louis was her fifth, sixth child, I think, and he was the first one who lived to adulthood.
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