tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post8097204160671968164..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: Bad Queens - Part IDebra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-23921483547118261032018-01-03T13:16:58.635-08:002018-01-03T13:16:58.635-08:00Hmm. I'm not quite sure what you want to achie...Hmm. I'm not quite sure what you want to achieve with the label "Bad Queen". And while Isabella definitely helped depose Edward II, it is incorrect to state that the following four years were years of "bad government". In fact, Mortimer and Isabella did a lot to reinstate the rule of law in a country where Edward II and the Despensers had pretty much done as they pleased during the last few years. Did Isabella and Mortimer overreach? Yes. Were they incompetent rulers? No - as demonstrated by the fact that Edward III retained most of the officers Mortimer and Isabella had put in place. <br />And I don't understand why Eleanor of Aquitaine has been bundled into a post labelled Bad Queens...Anna Belfragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09159728310623757488noreply@blogger.com