Queen Isabella

“Gripping . . . a highly readable tour de force that brings Queen Isabella vividly to life.”—The Washington Post Book World
 
“Insightful and compelling . . . [offers] surprise after surprise about the sensual, rather avaricious but eminently admirable Isabella.”—USA Today

“[Isabella’s] story has a distinctly modern appeal. . . . Full of violent men with short tempers, conniving politicians and wildly domineering parents, it’s a period-piece melodrama that doubles as a timeless morality play.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Fascinating . . . a work of extraordinary historical reporting that is rich, alive, and truly exciting.”—Tucson Citizen

“It’s her ability to capture the personalities of her aristocratic subjects—and to deliciously catalogue their clothes, food and entertainments—that have made Weir such a popular historian.”—Newsday

“This meticulous no-nonsense biography presents a fascinating story complete with puzzles.”—The Independent (U.K.)
 
“Weir’s book offers incredibly in-depth details of and insights into royal life in the fourteenth century.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch

“A sympathetic account of Isabella.”—The Times Literary Supplement

“[Weir] explains the past in terms that we understand and use today.”—The Tablet

“[An] enthralling biography . . . It provides a beautifully nuanced portrait of a fascinating lady and gives a vivid sense of the riotous realpolitik of medieval times.”—The Scotsman

“Weir weaves so much closely researched detail into a highly readable and fascinating tale. . . . She really brings history to life.”—Lincolnshire Echo

“[A] balanced view of Isabella’s life . . . Weir succeeds in bringing to life a murky period of history, which has been shrouded in myth and legend.”—The Literary Review

“Dramatic and compulsively readable, this biography paints a realistic and compassionate portrait.”—Woman & Home

“Weir presents a fascinating rewriting of a controversial life that should supersede all previous accounts. Isabella is so intertwined with the greatest figures of her century and the next that any reader of English history will want this book.”—Publishers Weekly