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Murderess? Adulturess? Femme Fatale?
Isabella is known to have lived adulterously with Roger Mortimer for at least four years. But the evidence surrounding accusations of murder and regicide is unsubstantiated. Thus, what has condemned Isabella, is her sexual transgression. Had it not been for her unfaithfulness, history may have immortalised her as a liberator - the saviour who unshackled England from a weak and vicious monarch and helped put a strong king - her Lover Mortimer - on the throne A dramatic and startling biography which will change the way we think of Isabella and her world for ever.
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Legend has it that on dark nights an angry ghost can be glimpsed at the ruins of Christ Church in Newgate Street, London. The ghost, clutching the heart of her murdered husband, is reputed to be Isabella of France, Edward II's Queen. Such legends paint a picture of a tragic, tormented, cruel and evil woman. How, then, did Isabella acquire such a reputation?