Behold the Bird in Flight: A Novel of an Abducted Queen
By Terri Lewis
She Writes Press
ISBN: 978-1-64742-910-2
Publisher’s Overview:
For fans of Maggie O’Farrell, a coming-of-age story and a royal love triangle marked by danger and longing, based on real events in medieval France and England.
Romantic and stubborn, eleven-year-old Isi plans to marry for love and be mistress of her own castle. But life in 1198 is full of threat and a series of tragic events teaches her growing up is hard.
When Isi falls for Hugh, a French nobleman, he consents to marry her, but only for her dowry. She longs for more. Hoping a jealous man will fall in love, she flirts with a king. The flirtation backfires: King John abducts and marries her. Now trapped in cold, warring England with a malicious husband, Isi must hide her yearning for Hugh and find her own power. If she fails, she won’t live to return to her beloved.
Inspired by real historical figures—Isabelle d’Angoulême, Hugh de Lusignan, and King John of Magna Carta fame—Behold the Bird in Flight is set in a period that valued women only for their dowries and childbearing. Isabelle’s story has been mainly erased by men, but the medieval chronicles suggest a woman who developed her own power and wielded it. And as the woman behind the throne, who’s to say she didn’t influence history?
Who is this book for?
This novel is aimed adult readers who enjoy medieval historical fiction with a strong focus on women’s perspectives. The story appeals to those who like character-driven narratives involving court intrigue, romance, and political tension, especially those related to England and France around the turn of the 13th century.
“The novel immerses the reader in medieval life, whether it be the intricacies of running a royal household or the arranging of marriages of nobles’ children. It offers a captivating portrait of the 13th century as it wends its way through the travails of Isabelle’s days spent in soaring cathedrals and damp, drafty castles or on exhausting journeys to the farthest reaches of the kingdom. Behold the Bird in Flight is a meticulously researched chronicle of those long-ago times, and it’s a stunning debut.” ~ review by D.A. Spruzen in the Washington Independent Review of Books
The Author
Terri Lewis is an American author. This is her debut novel.
Behold the Bird in Flight: A Novel of an Abducted Queen
By Terri Lewis
She Writes Press
ISBN: 978-1-64742-910-2
Publisher’s Overview:
For fans of Maggie O’Farrell, a coming-of-age story and a royal love triangle marked by danger and longing, based on real events in medieval France and England.
Romantic and stubborn, eleven-year-old Isi plans to marry for love and be mistress of her own castle. But life in 1198 is full of threat and a series of tragic events teaches her growing up is hard.
When Isi falls for Hugh, a French nobleman, he consents to marry her, but only for her dowry. She longs for more. Hoping a jealous man will fall in love, she flirts with a king. The flirtation backfires: King John abducts and marries her. Now trapped in cold, warring England with a malicious husband, Isi must hide her yearning for Hugh and find her own power. If she fails, she won’t live to return to her beloved.
Inspired by real historical figures—Isabelle d’Angoulême, Hugh de Lusignan, and King John of Magna Carta fame—Behold the Bird in Flight is set in a period that valued women only for their dowries and childbearing. Isabelle’s story has been mainly erased by men, but the medieval chronicles suggest a woman who developed her own power and wielded it. And as the woman behind the throne, who’s to say she didn’t influence history?
Who is this book for?
This novel is aimed adult readers who enjoy medieval historical fiction with a strong focus on women’s perspectives. The story appeals to those who like character-driven narratives involving court intrigue, romance, and political tension, especially those related to England and France around the turn of the 13th century.
“The novel immerses the reader in medieval life, whether it be the intricacies of running a royal household or the arranging of marriages of nobles’ children. It offers a captivating portrait of the 13th century as it wends its way through the travails of Isabelle’s days spent in soaring cathedrals and damp, drafty castles or on exhausting journeys to the farthest reaches of the kingdom. Behold the Bird in Flight is a meticulously researched chronicle of those long-ago times, and it’s a stunning debut.” ~ review by D.A. Spruzen in the Washington Independent Review of Books
The Author
Terri Lewis is an American author. This is her debut novel.
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