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Verdant Glow
45.5 cm / 17 11/12 inches of
oversize (dyed) green mother-of-pearl bead and fire-polished crystal
necklace and earrings set
Designer heart-shaped sterling silver
clasp and earwires - one
of a kind set
$89.95
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| Isabelle NE205
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Rainbow Power
42.5 cm / 16 5/8 inches of fire-polished crystals and large (dyed) potato-shaped baroque pearls in a multicolor pattern with white pearl and fire-polished crystal
earrings
Designer heart-shaped sterling silver
clasp and earwires - one
of a kind set
$93.95
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Bio Little girls often have the mistaken
idea that being a beautiful princess sets one up for a life of
joy and bliss. Things didn't work out for Diana, Princess
of Wales, and they certainly didn't for Isabelle of France.
Isabelle, daughter of Philip the Fair (think
handsome, not just) of France, was married off to Edward II of
England. Edward was an example of inheritance triumphing
over the best man for the job school of government. As king, Edward showered his buddies with wealth, honors and
power - a big mistake.
After years of neglect, Isabelle went back to France, got Edward to
send their son - also Edward - to join her. She fell in love, raised
an army and took over England in her son's name.
King Edward II was imprisoned and eventually
executed.
Isabelle and her lover held power for several
years, but young Prince Edward followed the example of his powerful grandfathers, Philip of
France who destroyed the Knights Templar and Edward I of England
who had ruled his country with an strong hand. The prince,
now King Edward III, took over, executing his mother's lover and
putting her in a luxurious prison.
For good measure, young King Edward claimed the
throne of France in his mother's name, but the French changed
dynasties rather than crown Isabelle or her English son.
Edward didn't accept this, and the Hundred Years War began.
Dare to go Bear
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I first
encountered Isabelle,
aka the She Wolf of France, in a wonderful series of novels by
Maurice Druon that detailed the fall of her family. The
plot, and a long-standing historical legend, blamed this on a
curse from Jacques de Molay, the much-tortured head of the Knights
Templar. Isabelle's father, King Philip IV of France, disbanded
the Knights Templar to get his hands on their vast wealth.
Begin with The Iron King for a fascinating look
at this beautiful and ultimately sad woman and her family, the
House of Capet. Nancy
Isabella and the Strange Death
of Edward II, (non fiction) by mystery writer P C /
Paul Doherty, carefully examines Isabelle's relationship with
her husband, King Edward of England, her lover, her attempt
to rule in her own right and the actual fate of the deposed
king - tradition says a hot poker was inserted into his rectum
so his body would not show scars! No wonder they write
novels about Isabella. And aren't you glad you didn't
live in the 14th century? Nancy
Alison Weir is an eminently
readable historian whose biography of Isabelle, Queen
Isabella, places the blame for the queen's infamy squarely
on her infidelity. These days, living for four years with
a lover is tabloid fodder - especially if you were married at
12 to a less than manly man.
Weir quotes Edward as
describing his wife as "Isabeau the Fair" because
of her great beauty. Clearly, this wasn't enough for the
king for he soon bestowed some of Isabelle's dowry jewels on
his dearest friend, Piers Gaveston. Edward didn't even
sit next to his new wife at their coronation banquet, choosing
Gaveston's company instead.
Weir has produced a
fascinating chronicle of the queen's rise and fall. If
the 13th century captures your imagination, you will certainly
need to read her definitive book.
Nancy
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Every once in a while, I improve my brain with an
historical text. And what with all the interest in the Knights
Templar, Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code and even the entertaining film National Treasure, I could hardly help but read James Wasserman's The Templars and The Assassins.
Wasserman's details the histories of the
two orders in great detail and their interrelationship to a
lesser extent. While he inserts a few personal opinions
into his text, overall, I found it to be illuminating.
Nancy
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