Isabella of France: The Rebel Queen
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (815 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1445647400 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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1295-1358), who married Edward II in January 1308, is one of the most notorious women in English history. In 1325/26, sent to her homeland to negotiate a peace settlement between her husband and her brother Charles IV, Isabella refused to return to England. She began a relationship with her husband’s deadliest enemy, the English baron Roger Mortimer, and with her son, the king’s heir, under their control, the pair led an invasion of England which ultimately resulted in Edward II’s forced abdication in January 1327 in favor of his and Isabella’s son. Isabella of France (c. A rebel against her own husband and king, regent for her son, Isabella was a powerful, capable, intelligent woman who forced the first ever abdication of a king in England and changed the course of English history. The Rebel Queen examines Isabella’s life with particular focus on her revolutionary actions in the 1320s, corrects the many myths about her, and provides a vivid account of this most fascinating and influential of women.. Isabella and Mortimer ruled England during Edward III’s minority, until he overthrew them in October 1330
Kathryn Warner holds two degrees in medieval history from the University of Manchester. She is considered a foremost expert on this period of medieval history, and is the author of Edward II: The Unconventional King, the first biography of Isabella’s husband. . She runs a popular website and has carved out a strong online presence as an expert on Edward II and the fourteenth century in general. Kathryn teaches Business English as a foreign language and lives between Duss
Another Brilliant Biography from Kathryn Warner Ami Johnson I discovered Kathryn Warner following my reading of a very thorough, yet decidedly one sided, biography of Queen Isabella. Looking to learn more about this poor, saintly Queen and her philandering homosexual husband, I stumbled upon Kathryn's blog of Edwa. Craig D. Newhouse said Edward II continuously sucks all the air out of her story with his. Isabella of France is a difficult subject to write on for a couple of reasons. First, many details of her life are uncertain. There is precious little original material to give us a sense of her personality, thoughts and intentions across the arc of her l. wasn’t bad at all Peggy M. Baker Warner’s first book, on Edward II, wasn’t bad at all. It was thoroughly researched and presented aspects of Edward II that have, heretofore, been underplayed. Unfortunately, Warner was frustratingly hesitant to reach conclusions as to the &ldq
The author clears her way through several centuries of gossip, innuendo and lurid embroidery of stark facts and offers us a painstakingly-presented portrait of a medieval life that will surely render many earlier biographies redundant. A thorough biography which gets to the heart of the personality of Queen Isabella, much-maligned consort of King Edward II of England. (The Bookbag)