As all good history buffs already know, Isabella of France was a woman before her time. Born in the 13th century, she was expected to marry who her father told her to without any hesitation. She would ...

Isabella has been vilified. History nails her as a harridan and harlot: the nemesis of a weak homosexual king; the adulterous lover of a rapacious Earl with whom she tyrannously ruled the country.

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