Edward II

...who married exactly 700 years ago, on 26 May 1306. Minstrels were paid by King Edward I to play at the wedding at Westminster, as seen he...

700 years ago today, one of the great events of the Middle Ages took place in Westminster Abbey: the knighting of 267 men, the largest mass ...

(Published in paperback 2006) This is the first in a new series of murder mysteries, featuring Mathilde of Westminster, the finest physician...

Second and final part of my post on Edward II's numerous siblings! :) The first part is here . Margaret (March 1275 - c. 1333) Nine year...

Published as La Louve de France in 1959, English translation 1960. This is the fifth in Maurice Druon's acclaimed Les Rois Maudits/The A...

That supremely irritating Frenchwoman, 'Queen' Isabella, has had the nerve to write this , as though I wouldn't see it. She shou...

Gabriele tagged me for the 'Me, too' meme that's been doing the rounds of blogdom! I am : the reluctant King of England. I want...

It's difficult to state with any certainty exactly how many children Edward I (born 1239, died 1307) and Eleanor of Castile (born c. 124...

Beginning an occasional feature, where I review a novel of Edward II's reign. The first one is Gaveston by Chris Hunt, published by the...

I've just realised that I have an image of Isabella from the original 1972 series of Les Rois Maudits.