Isabella Braveheart of France edition by Colin Falconer Literature Fiction eBooks
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She was taught to obey. Now she has learned to rebel.
When Princess Isabella is offered as bride to King Edward of England, for her it’s love at first sight. But her dashing husband has a secret, one that threatens to tear their marriage—and England—apart. As Isabella navigates the deadly maelstrom of Edward’s court, her cleverness and grace allow her to subvert Edward’s ill-advised plans and gain influence. But soon the young queen is faced with an impossible choice, taking a breathtaking gamble that will forever change the course of history.
In the tradition of Philippa Gregory and Elizabeth Chadwick, Isabella is the story of a queen who took control of her destiny—and the throne.
Revised edition This edition of Isabella includes editorial revisions.
Isabella Braveheart of France edition by Colin Falconer Literature Fiction eBooks
Isabella has a great story, this is NOT the telling of it. The story is lost behind typos, poor English. One chapter repeats the first three paragraphs of the chapter before it...word for word. Sentences have words such as "She" capitalized in the middle. The book is nearly unreadable, due to the worst editing I have ever seen. The story was a disappointment for this author, don't give up on him, but pass on this book.Product details
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Isabella Braveheart of France edition by Colin Falconer Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
I was a little wary going into this since I'd heard it had big editing problems, but the version I got (on kindle) didn't seem to have any of those issues, and they usually stick out to me. The story was compelling enough that I read it quickly, but I always wonder how much is based in fact. There seemed to be enough anchored details of when people were where that I suspect much of the book is historically accurate (setting aside that most is about the personal relationships between these people), but I don't know. I really felt the lack of a conclusion. I so wish the author had a note on his research and his analysis so I would know what to believe, and a bit on what came after. In a way, this book ends just as Isabella's story is getting started. Also, I thought the affair with Mortimer was... don't know if lacking is the best word. Seemed shallow where there could have been more depth, but his Isabella never let herself think deeply on it.
Anchored third person present tense is not my favorite POV, but it was done okay. My biggest chops with the writing was the lack of dialogue tags in some conversations. I lost track of who was saying what when there was nothing in what the characters said (for several exchanges) that would nail a comment to who was speaking. I kept having to go back and figure it out.
Liked it? Yes.
Read it again? Probably not.
Would I read a sequel? Definitely.
The writing was choppy, there are two chapters where the first page is repeated. Edward asks his mother Isabella if she had anything to do with his fathers death twice, and once was before he was killed. Such a disappointment because I love the story of Isabella of France. This story did not show her as a "Braveheart"
Well, a good book at last after reading some that were not so much. This is a fast paced account of Queen Isabella, the supposed She Wolf of France, a title actually used by Shakespeare for Margaret d' Anjou and never applied to Isabella in her lifetime. It was nice to read a book about her that did not take this view of her as an evil manipulator.
While I have never understood her stupidity in risking having an affair with Roger Mortimer she was hardly the first queen of England, nor the last, to do something like that.
While not the most complex work I have read on Isabella, it was enjoyable and I liked that the new evidence on Edward II surviving after being deposed interesting and am glad it was included in the epilogue.
I read this book in a few hours and am now into the author's Silk Road, also well done.
My predilection for historical fiction about royals is well-documented, so when I was approached about reviewing Colin Falconer's Isabella Braveheart of France I was easily convinced, especially as I had just watched the episode of the BBC4 series She-Wolves England's Early Queens about Isabella. And while Falconer's novel covers all the pertinent information of Isabella's life and gives us some inkling of what may have driven her to take over the English throne, I had a hard time connecting or staying connected to the main players in the novel, largely due to the stylistic choices made by the author.
Isabella's story is told from a third person perspective in the present tense in a rather fragmentary style and a somewhat dispassionate tone, with lots of scene breaks and short chapters. This makes it hard to settle into the narrative and connect to Isabella as a character. She starts out sympathetic enough, but during the course of the novel becomes embittered – not completely without cause obviously – and once we come to the end of the novel I found it hard to like her or be understanding of some of the choices she makes, trading a negligent husband for a domineering and callous lover she doesn't even seem to actually like. I also found the way that Isabella's internal dialogue isn't rendered in a clearly defined way problematic, as on several occasions it served more to confuse than to add to the story.
The novel covers Isabella's life from the moment she learns she's to marry Edward until the moment she's finally and irrevocably free from the marriage. Falconer manages to portray Isabella and Edward in a way that makes exceedingly clear how tragic their situation actually was. Isabella is traded away in marriage to ensure peace between England and France, only to find her husband is more interested in the stable boys than in her and she is quickly entrenched in a fierce rivalry with Edward's lover Piers Gaveston. It's this disappointment in her marriage, that fact that she was never first in her husband's affections that causes her slow embitterment and the ultimate breakdown of their partnership. Falconer spends quite some time building up Isabella's considerable political acumen and Edward's dislike of kingship, both due to the restrictions it places upon him and due to the fact that he can never measure up to the legend of his father, Edward I.
At one point in their marriage, after Gaveston is murdered by Edward's barons, they create a smoothly working partnership with Isabella masterminding a kingdom and power for Edward that allows him to avenge his beloved Piers' death. Despite knowing how the story ends, I still found myself hoping they'd work it out and have if not a happy marriage at least a solid one. Falconer seems to be hesitant to portray either of them as the villain in the marriage, instead squarely placing the blame on the Despenser, who becomes Edward's confidant after he loses Piers. Despenser is a venal, cruel, and greedy man who seemingly without conscience destroys people and families for his own gain. It's this that prompts the barons to take action against Edward, but it's not the sole reason Isabella decides to lead them. She is the proverbial woman scorned and she decides to take her fate in her own hands.
She's also driven by her affair with one of Edward's baron Lord Roger Mortimer. A man who has seemingly coveted Isabella from the first time he sees her. While the affair is historically accurate, Falconer never managed to make me believe it. It just seemed so abrupt and, while passionate, just as devoid of true love and companionship as Isabella's marriage to Edward. I think that was the point that the novel truly started to lose me, because I just couldn't wrap my head around this burgeoning affair. Add to this the fact that at this point I'd also lost any overview of which lord was which and whether they were the elder or the younger or newly created and the last third of the novel became a bit of a slog.
Isabella Braveheart of France is an interesting account of a fascinating queen, but it suffered from its fragmentary pacing, dispassionate tone, and the seeming lack of loving connection between Isabella and Mortimer. If you're looking for a novel to familiarise yourself with Isabella's story, Isabella Braveheart of France is a good choice, though it doesn't tell her entire story, since it stops after she and the barons dethrone Edward II. If you're looking for a satisfying love story or drama, however, you might be left a little underwhelmed by Isabella and Mortimer.
This book was provided for review by the author.
Am I missing something here....Is this a book for elementary readers? Over 50 chapters......a chapter every few pages?????? And the sentence structure is so short and choppy. I was disgusted by page 5, so I scrolled through seeing if things would improve. Horrible. Wish I could give back to and get my money back.
Very poorly edited. Her sisters in law Beatrice and Marguerite are confused one with the other. Pembroke re appears at a meeting of Parliament after he is dead and again when she meets with Stratford. I'm half way through and giving up. What a shame as hers is a great story. I will research other historians for a better version
So many typos that it was hard to read with enjoyment. It is a great story and probably would have gotten a 4 or 5 star review, but I couldn't ignore the incorrect tenses, wrong pronouns, repeat phrases and multiple digital errors. Sloppy
Isabella has a great story, this is NOT the telling of it. The story is lost behind typos, poor English. One chapter repeats the first three paragraphs of the chapter before it...word for word. Sentences have words such as "She" capitalized in the middle. The book is nearly unreadable, due to the worst editing I have ever seen. The story was a disappointment for this author, don't give up on him, but pass on this book.
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