Eleanor of Aquitaine
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Marion Meade portrays Eleanor of Aquitaine as a woman of great intelligence and titanic energy who lived in a passionate and creative age.
Middeleeuwse Vrouwen Boxset Reeks
Deze serie dompelt je onder in de fascinerende middeleeuwse wereld door de ogen van haar sterke vrouwelijke personages. Ontdek hun levens vol intriges, liefde, verlies en een onverzettelijke geest in een tijd waarin vrouwen vaak vochten voor hun plaats in de samenleving. Elk verhaal onthult verschillende facetten van vrouwelijke kracht en veerkracht in een historisch rijke omgeving. Duik in dramatische lotsbestemmingen en ontdek hun invloed op de vorming van de geschiedenis.
Aanbevolen leesvolgorde
She was the quintessential queen: statuesque, regal, dazzlingly beautiful. Her royal birth gave her claim to the thrones of two nations; her marriage to the young French dauphin promised to place a third glorious crown on her noble head. Instead, Mary Stuart became the victim of her own impulsive heart, scandalizing her world with a foolish passion that would lead to abduction, rape and even murder. Betrayed by those she most trusted, she would be lured into a deadly game of power, only to lose to her envious and unforgiving cousin, Elizabeth I. Here is her story, a queen who lost a throne for love, a monarch pampered and adored even as she was led to her beheading, the unforgettable woman who became a legend for all time.
The Weaker Vessel Part Two
Woman's Lot in Seventeenth-Century England
What were the women of the Civil War era like? What could they expect beyond marriage and childbirth in an age where infant and maternal mortality was frequent and contraception unknown? Antonia Fraser brings to life the many women she has researched.
Warrior Queens
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An inspired evaluation of women leaders in war by a bestselling historian
This is an examination of those women in history that have both ruled and led in war. From Boadicea to Margaret Thatcher, the author compares and contrasts the various styles of leadership of the world's women warriors both on an off the battlefield.
Elizabeth I
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An acclaimed biography of Elizabeth I and an examination of the politics and intrigues of her Tudor court.
The Weaker Vessel
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Antonia Fraser's bestselling account of the lives of women in seventeenth- century England.
A compassionate and comprehensive account of the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine, a woman of enormous intelligence and titanic energy. The wife of King Louis VII of France and then of King Henry II of England, she became the key political figure of the 12th century. A stunning biography of one of the most exciting and powerful personalities of all time.
The Warrior Queens I
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Warrior Queens are found in almost every culture. Here, Antonia Fraser recounts the stories of such diverse national heroines as Zenobia of Palmyra, Elizabeth I, Queen Jinga of Angola and Catherine the Great, right up to modern day stateswomen.
Medieval Women
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MEDIEVAL WOMEN looks at a thousand years of English history, as it affected - and was made by - women.
