She is the subject of the novel
Kingdom of Shadows by Barbara Erskine and the short story
Proud Lady in a Cage by Fred Urquhart. She is also included in
Girl in a Cage by Jane Yolen. She was also the subject of a song
Isabel by
Steeleye Span (recorded on their album
Back in Line) which claims without foundation that she was Bruce's lover (and also gets some chronology confused). She is a character in
Rebel King - Book One - Hammer of the Scots, a series of novels on the Chronicles of Robert the Bruce, by Charles and Carolyn Bruce. She is also a character in
Nigel Tranter's Bruce trilogy, which probably unhistorically has her returning to Scotland after Bannockburn. She is portrayed in the 2018 Netflix movie, "
Outlaw King," by actress Kim Allan. She is also a character in the series of books written by Romance writer Monica McCarty (the
Highland Guard Novels). Isabella MacDuff is the main character in the 4th book of the series titled
The Viper. She is a character in the 2011 historical novel
The Lion Wakes by
Robert Low, described to have a secret love affair with Robert the Bruce. She is a character in the 2013 historical romance novel
A Rose in the Storm by Brenda Joyce. The heroine of the novel (Lady Margaret Comyn) is the fictional niece of Isabella's husband and her friend. Isabella's fate is the same. ==References==