The Warrior Queens (WOMEN IN HISTORY) - Softcover

Fraser, Antonia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842126369 ISBN 13: 9781842126363

Verlag: Orion Publishing Group, 2002

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Book by Fraser Antonia

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Críticas:

Leavens scholarship with wit and casts new light on themes one might have thought familiar (Bel Mooney Sunday Times)

She controls this action-packed, character-packed narrative with skill ... elegance and wit (Harriet Gilbert Guardian)

Reseña del editor:

An inspired evaluation of women leaders in war by a bestselling historian.

Antonia Fraser's Warrior Queens are those women who have both ruled and led in war. They include Catherine the Great, Elizabeth I, Isabella of Spain, the Rani of Jhansi, and the formidable Queen Jinga of Angola. With Boadicea as the definitive example, her female champions from other ages and civilisations make a fascinating and awesome assembly.

Yet if Boadicea's apocryphal chariot has ensured her place in history, what are the myths that surround the others? And how different are the democratically elected if less regal warrior queens of our time: Indira Ghandi and Golda Meir? This remarkable book is much more than a biographical selection. It examines how Antonia Fraser's heroines have held and wrested the reins of power from their (consistently male) adversaries.

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• Verlag: Orion Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1842126369
• ISBN 13: 9781842126363
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400