Set in the thirteenth century, the kingdoms of England and France continue to struggle over territory. King John's widow, Isabella of Angoul me, Queen of England is ignored and unwanted by the English court. She moves back to France to claim her inheritance. The English councillors expect her to be biddable to them and to guard these lands for King Henry III, her nine-year-old son. But in the Poitou, a region far from Paris and London, local...