Isabella; She-Wolf of France, Queen of England

Jonathan Cape, London, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. list of illustrations, acknowledgements, author's note, notes on the chief sources, select bibliography, abbreviation used in the notes and references, notes and references, genealogical tables and index. dark blue coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with two inserts, of eight pages each, of both colour and black-and-white photographs / illustrations. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with gilt and blue coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The biography of Isabella of France, vilified and repudiated through history. Born in 1292 – daughter of Philip IV of France, and, sister of three French kings, married at 12 to Edward II – a pawn in international politics. Though she bore four children, she was constantly humiliated by her husband's preference for male favourites. Had she not lived adulterously with Roger Mortimer, first Earl of March, history may have celebrated her as a liberator of England, who removed a weak and vicious monarch. there is on the half title page at the bottom a birthday wish for November 2015, the book is otherwise without damage, and has no further annotations. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [11], XII, [5] 2-494 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Royalty; Britain/UK; Medieval 10th to 15thc; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0224063200. ISBN/EAN: 9780224063203. Inventory No: 0273440. . 9780224063203