But now they were behaving
exactly like Edward and Despenser before them
For two years Isabella and her lover ruled the country with a vice-like grip
meeting opposition with brutal suppression
And all the time Isabella kept her son, King Edward III, closely by her side
monitoring his friends and allowing him no freedom to act alone
Marlowe would later describe Isabella's son
as "a lamb, encompassed by wolves"
But by 1330 Edward was 17
and the she-wolf was about to discover that her offspring had claws of his own
Isabella's day of reckoning came at Nottingham Castle
She had already become suspicious that
her son was beginning to resist her control
So when the royal party took up residence here
they had the guards redoubled about them
[00:00.30]
[00:02.22]But now they were behaving
[00:03.55]exactly like Edward and Despenser before them
[00:07.96]For two years Isabella and her lover ruled the country with a vice-like grip
[00:13.49]meeting opposition with brutal suppression
[00:17.35]And all the time Isabella kept her son, King Edward III, closely by her side
[00:22.99]monitoring his friends and allowing him no freedom to act alone
[00:28.89]Marlowe would later describe Isabella's son
[00:32.42]as "a lamb, encompassed by wolves"
[00:37.02]But by 1330 Edward was 17
[00:40.16]and the she-wolf was about to discover that her offspring had claws of his own
[00:53.05]Isabella's day of reckoning came at Nottingham Castle
[00:57.24]She had already become suspicious that
[00:59.41]her son was beginning to resist her control
[01:02.21]So when the royal party took up residence here
[01:05.36]they had the guards redoubled about them