She-wolves
The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
"Helen Castor has an exhilarating narrative gift. . . . Readers will love this book, finding it wholly absorbing and rewarding." --Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall
In the tradition of Antonia Fraser, David Starkey, and Alison Weir, prize-winning historian Helen Castor delivers a compelling, eye-opening examination of women and power in England, witnessed through the lives of six women who exercised power against all odds--and one who never got the chance. Exploring the narratives of the Empress Matilda, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France, Margaret of Anjou, and other "she-wolves," as well as that of the Nine Days' Queen, Lady Jane Grey, Castor invokes a magisterial discussion of how much--and how little--has changed through the centuries.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603.
Queens -- England -- Biography.
Queens -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500.
Monarchy -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500.
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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HISTORY Europe England Cas | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |