<![CDATA[Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England]]>

false <![CDATA[Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171649110m/111219.jpg 111219 9 Isabella arrived in London in 1308, the spirited twelve-year-old daughter of King Philip IV of France. Her marriage to the heir to England’s throne was designed to heal old political wounds between the two countries, and in the years that followed, she would become an important figure, a determined and clever woman whose influence would come to last centuries. But Queen Isabella’s political machinations led generations of historians to malign her, earning her a reputation as a ruthless schemer and an odious nickname, “the She-Wolf of France.” Now the acclaimed author of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Alison Weir, reexamines the life of Isabella of England, history’s other notorious and charismatic medieval queen. Praised for her fair looks, the newly wed Isabella was denied the attentions of Edward II, a weak, sexually ambiguous monarch with scant taste for his royal duties. As their marriage progressed, Isabella was neglected by her dissolute husband and slighted by his favored male courtiers. Humiliated and deprived of her income, 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 Mortimer led the only successful invasion of English soil since the Norman Conquest of 1066, deposing Edward and ruling in his stead as co-regents for Isabella’s young son, Edward III. Fate, however, was soon to catch up with Isabella and her lover. Many mysteries and legends have been woven around Isabella’s story. She was long condemned as an accessory to Edward II’s brutal murder in 1327, but recent research has cast doubt on whether that murder even took place. Isabella’s reputation, then, rests largely on the prejudices of monkish chroniclers and prudish Victorian scholars. Here Alison Weir gives a startling, groundbreaking new perspective on Isabella, in this first full biography in more than 150 years. In a work of extraordinary original research, Weir effectively strips away centuries of propaganda, legend, and romantic myth, and reveals a truly remarkable woman who had a profound influence upon the age in which she lived and the history of western Europe. Engaging, vibrant, alive with breathtaking detail and unforgettable characters, Queen Isabella is biographical history at its finest. From the Hardcover edition. 869535 2005 Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England total:383|5:84|4:163|3:115|2:18|1:3| 383 1456 840 63 3 3 false false Sun Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 18 22:53:21 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 17:02:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 13:28:20 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 13:35:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 20:57:27 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 23:02:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 12:24:55 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 12:26:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 11:07:28 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 19:54:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 15 19:42:46 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 19:47:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false true Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 00:34:03 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 15:02:18 -0700 2009
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Queen Isabella - She Wolf Of France, Queen Of England.

From the blurb In Newgate Street, in the city of London, stand the meagre ruins of Christ Church. On the same site once st...more...]]> 4 3 false false Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 07:28:17 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 08:39:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 21:37:48 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 22:07:03 -0800 2008 Published By: Recorded Books, LLC

Popular historian Alison Weir has crafted best-selling biographies of such prominent icons as King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I. A master at uncovering fascinating and little-known details, Weir brings these historical...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 09:06:40 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 08:07:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 10:28:28 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 10:39:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 28 01:43:36 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 09 12:41:03 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 19 14:52:13 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 28 12:11:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 true false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 10:15:52 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 10:25:37 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 09:07:06 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 07:21:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 21:29:37 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 18:56:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 15:04:50 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 20:18:13 -0800 2009
A great biography by Alison Weir describing the life of Queen Isabella, wife of Edward II of England. Edward was a weak king whose rule was controlled by the king's "favorites". Eventually, Isabella is driven to invade England and...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sat Mar 28 19:34:54 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 19:41:31 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Dec 17 19:41:04 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 19:41:04 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 14:43:30 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 14:45:05 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=111219