The Battle of the Queens

BEAUTY
AMBITION
EVIL

Two powerful women dominated the first half of the thirteenth century. They were proud, ambitious and beautiful. But they differed mightily.

ISABELLA
Flamboyant, ruthless, passionate--the wife of King John of England. She wore her sensuality like a gleaming jewel, ensnaring every man whose life she touched.

BLANCHE
Lovely, serene, strong--beloved wife of Louis VIII. She wore her queenliness like a robe of honor. She hated Isabella on sight, and scented the evil that lay hidden within that golden body.

Never was Blanche closer to the truth. For Isabella would stop at nothing--not even murder--to destroy, the French queen...

Isabella of Angoulême
Blanche of Castile