'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.
| ISBN: | 9780571237067 |
| Publication date: | 7th July 2011 |
| Author: | Helen Castor |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 474 pages |
| Genres: |
European history |