伊莎贝拉与玛格丽特18

"I feel that marriage is a union of a man and a woman

and someone has come between my husband and myself

and is trying to break this bond.

I declare that I will not return until this intruder is removed."

Isabella's game plan was to present herself to the world as a wronged wife.

And until now she'd seemed more than justified in doing so.

But another player was about to enter the scene,

who would change forever the picture the world would have of Isabella.

Roger Mortimer was 38 years old,

a soldier and a politician of skill and experience.

He had joined the rebels against Edward in 1321

and escaped into exile in France.

And within weeks of Isabella and Mortimer's meeting in Paris

rumours circulated that their partnership was more than political.