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Behold the Bird in Flight

Name: Behold the Bird in Flight
Brand: She Writes Press
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A Novel of an Abducted Queen

By: Terri Lewis

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Paperback | 3 June 2025

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336 Pages

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21.59 x 13.97

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For fans of Maggie O’Farrell, a coming-of-age story and a royal love triangle marked by danger and longing, based on real events in medieval France and England.

Romantic and stubborn, eleven-year-old Isi plans to marry for love and be mistress of her own castle. But life in 1198 is full of threat and a series of tragic events teaches her growing up is hard.

When Isi falls for Hugh, a French nobleman, he consents to marry her, but only for her dowry. She longs for more. Hoping a jealous man will fall in love, she flirts with a king. The flirtation backfires: King John abducts and marries her. Now trapped in cold, warring England with a malicious husband, Isi must hide her yearning for Hugh and find her own power. If she fails, she won’t live to return to her beloved.

Inspired by real historical figures—Isabelle d’Angoulême, Hugh de Lusignan, and King John of Magna Carta fame—Behold the Bird in Flight is set in a period that valued women only for their dowries and childbearing. Isabelle’s story has been mainly erased by men, but the medieval chronicles suggest a woman who developed her own power and wielded it—in court and in bed. And as the woman behind the throne, who’s to say she didn’t influence history?

Industry Reviews

“Readers will surely relish following along with and championing Isabelle, who gathers strength and wisdom ... a riveting piece of historical fiction.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Behold the Bird in Flight paints a compelling picture of Isabelle of Angoulême, a young woman torn between her own aspirations as a human being and the desires of the men that preoccupied her life . . . . The author does an outstanding job of exploring Isabelle's resilient and resourceful nature when faced with the troubling situations.”—Readers Favorite

“With a vivid imagination and writing evocative of the era, Terri Lewis transports readers to the royal courts of medieval Europe. Amid a tapestry of political intrigue and forbidden passions, her characters defy the harsh realities of their day to find love against all odds.”—Jude Berman, author of The Vow, a 2024 Kirkus Best Indie Book

“In Behold the Bird in Flight, Terri Lewis has plucked a woman from the footnotes of history—Isabelle of Angouleme, wife of King John of Magna Carta fame—and created an alluring portrait of a young queen caught in a web of lust, power, and royal politics, all the while conflicted by her own desires and needs. Combining dazzlingly lyrical prose with a complex plot of love gone awry, Lewis immerses the reader in a medieval world sure to enthrall lovers of historical fiction.”—Peggy Joque Williams, author of the best-selling Courting the Sun: A Novel of Versailles

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