What Would Boudicca Do?: Everyday Problems Solved by History's Most Remarkable Women

What Would Boudicca Do?: Everyday Problems Solved by History's Most Remarkable Women

by Beth Coates (Author), Beth Coates (Author), Elizabeth Foley (Author)

Synopsis

Tired of your boss bropropriating your ideas and presenting them as his own? Wondering if the pursuit of having it all has in fact resulted in having not very much? It is time to start channelling the spiky superwomen of history to conquer today. It is time to turn to women like Frida Kahlo and Josephine Baker, Hypatia and Cleopatra, Coco Chanel and Empress Cixi. In this irreverent guide they will help you figure out how to dispatch a loverat, back yourself, kill it at work and trounce FoMo. With original illustrations by Bijou Karman, What Would Boudicca Do? will make you fired-up and ready for anything.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 07 Mar 2019

ISBN 10: 0571340490
ISBN 13: 9780571340491
Book Overview: Channel the outstanding sisters of history to beat the system today.

Author Bio
E. Foley and B. Coates are editors based in London. Since working on this book they have begun to channel Elizabeth I's famed public-speaking skills and taken tips from Mrs Beeton when battling impostor syndrome. They are anything but impostors when it comes to writing. They are the bestselling authors of Homework for Grown-Ups (of which the Daily Telegraph said, 'This is an obviouscandidate to take to a desert island, along with Shakespeare and the Bible'), Advanced Homework for Grown-Ups, Shakespeare for Grown-Ups, and the Homework for Grown-Ups Quiz Book. For regular inspirationfrom the historic sisterhood follow @FoleyCoates Bijou Karman is an artist and illustrator from Los Angeles @bijoukarman