She who Dared - James Walker, Francesca Garratt

Queen Isabella,1295-1358, wife of King Edward 11, as seen through her own eyes.  A strong, intelligent,and beautiful woman, she suffers many humiliations because of her husband’shomosexuality.  For many years shebravely tolerates this as best she can until her position becomes utterlyintolerable. At that point, having returned to France, the land of her birth,she begins an affair with the exiled knight, Sir Roger Mortimer. Together, theytake a huge gamble by invading England, intent on overthrowing Edward’s malignfavourite, Hugh Despenser.
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