The She-Wolf

The She-Wolf
Maurice Druon

“This is the original Game of Thrones.” George R.R. Martin.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…

‘History is a novel that has been lived’

E. & J. DE GONCOURT

‘It is terrifying to think how much research is needed to determine the truth of even the most unimportant fact’

STENDHAL

‘She-wolf of France, with unrelenting fangs, That tear’st the bowels of thy mangled mate …’

THOMAS GRAY

Contents

Cover (#ufd70b78e-8c66-54b6-8dc9-12030ccda9c8)

Title Page (#u3d30379f-f607-5463-b928-54ab74637cff)

Epigraph (#uea97d3c2-7846-5a0d-a9b2-0b0adecc8b21)

Foreword (#uf928bd84-97f5-50d5-9d27-f999c53ca0e9)

The Characters in this Book (#u8c5a0416-4fac-5720-a040-99ffc6119761)

Family Tree (#u7ad4df2e-1ae4-5cb0-8964-6b3ba2c8f8e5)

The She-Wolf of France (#udd541aa6-3e56-5124-b2f4-9dc4742db4e4)

Prologue (#u8a5dacbb-6f7c-5cc7-a0eb-bc734845022f)

Part One: From the Thames to the Garonne (#u63421b3f-6273-5c1f-8592-bb27be5f336f)

1. ‘No One ever Escapes from the Tower of London’ (#uf29dbdee-82f9-5a16-b042-c644c545f4d5)

2. The Harassed Queen (#u92000813-ebca-5862-a44c-a51bc4291b84)

3. Messer Tolomei has a New Customer (#uf368a480-0744-5b85-8595-c5145c6ed092)

4. The False Crusade (#u49e25176-79a7-50b5-9124-72f2a6ce1337)

5. A Time of Waiting (#u28b4c37a-1aa6-50a1-8fd6-540cb8d2aa75)

6. The Bombards (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Two: Isabella in Love (#litres_trial_promo)

1. Dinner with Pope John (#litres_trial_promo)

2. The Holy Father’s Penance (#litres_trial_promo)

3. The Road to Paris (#litres_trial_promo)

4. King Charles (#litres_trial_promo)

5. The Cross of Blood (#litres_trial_promo)

6. The Happy Year of 1325 (#litres_trial_promo)

7. Each Prince who Dies … (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Three: The Disinherited King (#litres_trial_promo)

1. The Hostile Spouses (#litres_trial_promo)

2. The Return to Neauphle (#litres_trial_promo)

3. The Queen in the Temple (#litres_trial_promo)

4. The Council at Chaâlis (#litres_trial_promo)

Part Four: The Cruel Invasion (#litres_trial_promo)

1. Harwich (#litres_trial_promo)

2. The Shining Hour (#litres_trial_promo)

3. Hereford (#litres_trial_promo)

4. Vox Populi (#litres_trial_promo)

5. Kenilworth (#litres_trial_promo)

6. The Camp-kettle War (#litres_trial_promo)

7. The Grass Crown (#litres_trial_promo)

8. ‘Bonum Est’ (#litres_trial_promo)

9. The Red-hot Poker (#litres_trial_promo)

Historical Notes (#litres_trial_promo)

Footnotes (#litres_trial_promo)

A Note for English Readers (#litres_trial_promo)