Book Review: 'Behold the Bird in Flight' Revives the Forgotten Story of Queen Isabelle d'Angouleme
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D.A. Spruzen
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A book review of Terri Lewis's 'Behold the Bird in Flight,' which tells the story of Isabelle d'Angouleme, the little-known queen of England who married King John (of Magna Carta fame). The review notes how Lewis was inspired by two sentences in a Windsor Castle guidebook and has brought Isabelle's overshadowed existence to life, beginning with her childhood in France at age 11.
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· 3 pulledLittle is known about the queen's actual existence, overshadowed as it was by her husband's ill-considered exploits, but Lewis has breathed new life into her world.
Terri Lewis recounts in her author's note how two sentences in a guidebook at Windsor Castle piqued her interest in Isabelle's story, although they did so in the most offhand way.
When the tale opens, 11-year-old Isabelle is living with her parents at their castle in France. She is full of rom
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