The follies of the king

J. Plaidy

This is the story of King Edward II who, as did his ancestor Richard Lionheart, preferred the company and affections of men over that of women. Queen Isabella, the wife of Edward II was secretly infuriated by her husband's predilection for young men. Interestingly enough, nowhere in this work of historical fiction does the author make use of the word homosexual, though that is really the only inference a reader may draw about the romantic proclivities of Edward II.