The She-Wolf. Морис Дрюон

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      ‘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

       Title Page

       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

       Copyright

       About the Publisher