Behold the Bird in Flight: A Novel of an Abducted Queen

By Terri Lewis

Book 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'Angoul me, 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?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1647429102
• ISBN13: 9781647429102
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: She Writes Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.4"