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Isabella arrived in London in 1308, the spirited twelve-year-olddaughter of King Philip IV of France. Her marriage to the heir toEngland's throne was designed to heal old political wounds between thetwo countries, and in the years that followed, she would become animportant figure, a determined and clever woman whose influence wouldcome to last centuries. But Queen Isabella's political machinations ledgenerations of historians to malign her, earning her a reputation as aruthless schemer and an odious nickname, “the She-Wolf of France.”Now the acclaimed author of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Alison Weir, reexaminesthe life of Isabella of England, history's other notorious andcharismatic medieval queen. Praised for her fair looks, the newly wedIsabella was denied the attentions of Edward II, a weak, sexuallyambiguous monarch with scant taste for his royal duties. As theirmarriage progressed, Isabella was neglected by her dissolute husband and slighted by his favored male courtiers. Humiliated and deprived of herincome, her children, and her liberty, Isabella escaped to France, where she entered into a passionate affair with Edward II's mortal enemy,Roger Mortimer. Together, Isabella and Mor

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Author

Alison Weir [Alison Weir]

Publisher

Ballantine Books

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780345497062

Category

history

Subjects

Memoir, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rating

3.88 / 5 (3,417 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14