Notorious (33 page)

“Yes, I warrant from now on you will lavish all your attention on the little devil. I brought you upstairs in the hope that you will spare a little for me.”

As he began to undress her, Brianna gave him a seductive glance. When she was naked she climbed onto the bed and challenged him to come after her. “There's something about you that refuses to be ignored…Its wicked name is
Dragoncock
!”

Deposed King Edward II was imprisoned at Berkeley Castle. Many rumors surrounded his death, but most historians agree that on September 21, 1327, he was murdered by the ingenious method of a red-hot spit inserted into his bowels through his rectum, so that no marks would be found upon his corpse. The order for this foul deed was said to come from Roger Mortimer, and in 1330 he paid the ultimate price.

 

Dowager Queen Isabelle survived her husband by thirty years. History has not been kind to Isabelle. Because of her marital infidelity, she has been called the She-wolf of France.

 

King Edward III, who was born in the image of his magnificent Plantagenet grandfather, enjoyed a long, successful reign. His happy marriage to Philippa of Hainault resulted in thirteen children.