The she-wolf
By: by Maurice Druon ; translated from the French by Humphrey Hare
Contributors: Hare, Humphrey
Series: The accursed kings -- bk. 5
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780007491339; 9780007492251; 9780007491346
Subjects: Fiction; History
Description: Charles IV is now king of France and his sister is Edward II of England's Queen. Having been imprisoned by Edward as leader of the rebellious English barons, Roger Mortimer escapes to France, where he joins the war against the English Aquitaine. But it is his love affair with Isabella, the 'she-wolf of France', who has come seemingly to negotiate a treaty of peace that seals his fate ...
Notes: Translated from the French.