Right of Answer

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>England 1321.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Margaret de Badlesmere's husband Barr rides away to join forces rebelling against King Edward II. He leaves Margaret to govern their home Leeds Castle in the County of Kent. Before leaving he insists that during his absence she must admit no one. If she disobeys he'll take away their five children.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Queen Isabella appears at the drawbridge demanding accommodation. Margaret afraid she'll lose her young family refuses to admit her. When Isabella threatens to cross the drawbridge </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Margaret calls on her archers to repel the invasion. Arrows fly killing six royal guards.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Margaret has the legal right to deny Isabella entry to Leeds Castle but King Edward is enraged. He besieges starves and bombards the castle. When Barr fails to come to her aid Margaret is forced to surrender.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>In a sham trial Edward illegally sentences Margaret and her children to imprisonment in the Tower of London under Isabella's control. The first known woman imprisoned in the Tower Margaret fights to protect her children from cold hunger and sickness as she plans their escape.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(33 37 41 1)>Can she overcome the odds to save her children and regain her liberty? Hilary Llewellyn Margaret's 19th great-granddaughter tells this 700-year-old story.</em></p><p></p>