Colourful wild flowers decorated the hedgregrows.
Lanes and meadows lay out before them like a tapestry as they nosed their mounts south towards the town of Northampton. Much happened during Isabella's time as queen and McGrath's depiction weaves fact with fiction to create a intriguing, beautiful story filled with detailed descriptives of the court and country.
McGrath brings Isabella to life as a strong, independent queen striving to protect her children, crown and those she loves. As a young queen she cannot understand why barons wish to curb their spending and the influence of others but as she matures Isabella begins to understand, especially when Hugh Despenser the younger becomes the only voice her husband will hear. Isabella begins her reign blissfully unaware of her husbands favouritism towards specific courtiers but soon begins to notice the influence of Piers Gaveston. On her journey she hears Isabella's story from Master Gregory who was once a page in the queen's household. Agnes finds herself requested to visit the now Dowager Queen for the commission of her tomb. McGrath tells the story from two points of view, Agnes, the daughter of a stonemason who has inherited her fathers workshop and Isabella herself. The Stone Rose centres on Isabella, Queen of England, wife of Edward II and the turbulent events occurring in England in the Fourteenth Century.
Having read the previous instalments in the She-Wolves Trilogy I couldn't wait to read the final book.
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