Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Epigraph
Foreword
The Characters in this Book
Family Tree
The She-Wolf of France
Prologue
Part One: From the Thames to the Garonne
1. ‘No One ever Escapes from the Tower of London’
2. The Harassed Queen
3. Messer Tolomei has a New Customer
4. The False Crusade
5. A Time of Waiting
6. The Bombards
Part Two: Isabella in Love
1. Dinner with Pope John
2. The Holy Father’s Penance
3. The Road to Paris
4. King Charles
5. The Cross of Blood
6. The Happy Year of 1325
7. Each Prince who Dies …
Part Three: The Disinherited King
1. The Hostile Spouses
2. The Return to Neauphle
3. The Queen in the Temple
4. The Council at Chaâlis
Part Four: The Cruel Invasion
1. Harwich
2. The Shining Hour
3. Hereford
4. Vox Populi
5. Kenilworth
6. The Camp-kettle War
7. The Grass Crown
8. ‘Bonum Est’
9. The Red-hot Poker
Historical Notes
Footnotes
A Note for English Readers
Author’s Acknowledgements
By Maurice Druon
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