Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England

Alison Weir

Dec 2006 · Sold by Ballantine Books

About this ebook

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Alison Weir's Mary Boleyn.

In this vibrant biography, acclaimed author Alison Weir reexamines the life of Isabella of England, one of history’s most notorious and charismatic queens. 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 became an important figure, a determined and clever woman whose influence would come to last centuries. Many myths and legends have been woven around Isabella’s story, but in this first full biography in more than 150 years, Alison Weir gives a groundbreaking new perspective.

Ratings and reviews

Not Fiction. A historical biography. A five star biography! But not for those of you looking for a story. This I repeat is a serious biography and not for some of you lovers of historical romance. But is right up a true History lovers alley. I was delighted by this most favorable light of an ancestress of mine. You cannot beat Weirs professionalism in her sphere of history, she is The Leader today.

This was a long, yet engrossing book. Rich history on a woman that historians have not been kind to. If you can get into it, you're in for a hell of a ride.

This book sounds exceptional, as I have read many of her other books, she makes history come alive!

About the author

Alison Weir is the New York Times bestselling author of Eleanor of Aquitaine; Mary, Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley; and several other historical biographies. She lives in Surrey with her husband and two children.