The French monarchy was in a state of collapse. An English boy was King of France. Yolande's beloved adopted country was holding on by its toe nails.

Following in my heroine’s footsteps, here I am in Saumur, in her favourite Château which has barely changed since she lived here.

Yolande, for all her devotion to France, her adopted country, was in fact a Spanish Princess, the daughter of King John I of Aragon and Violant of the duchy of Bar.

Although Yolande of Aragon saved France, I am sad to report that she is now shockingly and shamefully, all but forgotten.