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Terri Lewis, the Author of “Behold the Bird in Flight” has written an intriguing and compelling Historical Fiction Novel. The Genres for this novel are Historical Fiction, Fiction, Historical Medieval Fiction, Coming of Age Fiction, Romance and Women’s Literature and Fiction. I appreciate the amount of research that Terri Lewis has done to provide this amazing novel. I was fascinated by the lifestyle of women during this period. I thought it was amazing that a young girl of twelve could be married, or a three year old toddler girl, from the nobility could be betrothed. The author vividly describes the costumes, dresses, and props of the time, as well as the dramatic and dark characters.
Isabelle is a precocious and ambitious eleven year old girl, who has decided to marry for love, and be powerful enough to have her own castle. She comes from a worth background and is soon betrothed to Hugh, a French nobleman, who seems to want to marry her for her dowry. She tries to make him jealous by flirting with King John of England. King John abducts and marries her. The King is overly ambitious and greedy for more wealth and will kill and go to war. King John is smitten by Isabelle and often listens to her. When he feels betrayed, he can be ruthless. Isabelle realizes that she has feelings for Huge, which is dangerous. This is a story filled with history, medieval traditions, war, betrayals, and survival. The Women’s roles in this time period are fascinating. I highly recommend this book.
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