Battle of the Queens

Battle of the Queens by Jean Plaidy. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780099510260.

Multi-million copy and international bestselling author Jean Plaidy brings the fascinating story of the hatred between two queens expertly to life. Readers of Philippa Gregory will not be disappointed. Full - bloodied, dramatic, exciting - THE OBSERVER Plaidy, by the skilful blending of superb storytelling and meticulous attention to authenticity of detail and depth of characterization has become one of the countrys most widely read novelists. - THE SUNDAY TIMES It is hard to better Jean Plaidy . . . both elegant and exciting - DAILY MIRROR Definitely a page turner! -- ***** Reader review I found it hard to put down -- ***** Reader review Gripping -- ***** Reader review I could not put this down -- ***** Reader review ********************************************************************** The first half of the thirteenth century is dominated by two women, as proud and ambitious as they are beautiful, yet different in all other qualities. Isabella, flamboyant and passionate, a medieval Helen of Troy - wife to King John and mother to Henry III... Blanche of Castile, serene and virtuous Queen of France, wife of Louis VIII and mother of Louis IX... The two women hated each other on sight. Isabella would stop at nothing, not even murder, in her passion to destroy the French Queen...