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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.

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    A Paperback / softback by Helen Castor

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: 07/07/2011
      ISBN13: 9780571237067, 978-0571237067
      ISBN10: 0571237061
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      Non Fiction Biography Biography: general History European history: medieval period, middle ages General and world history

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''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.

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