She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
Paperback Published on: 07/07/2011
£12.99
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'Highly readable, exciting and thought-provoking' - Hilary Mantel
'A gem of blood-and-thunder storytelling' - Dominic Sandbrook
In medieval England, man was the ruler of woman, and the King was the ruler of all. How, then, could royal power lie in female hands?
In She-Wolves, celebrated historian, Helen Castor, tells the dramatic and fascinating stories of four exceptional women who, while never reigning queens, held great power: Matilda, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France and Margaret of Anjou. These were women who paved the way for Jane Grey, Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I - the Tudor queens who finally confronted what it meant to be a female monarch.
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- ISBN: 9780571237067
- Number of pages: 496
- Weight: 411g
- Dimensions: 198 x 126 x 30 mm