The Warrior Queens

by Antonia Fraser (Author)

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  1993

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  From the pacific to the belligerent, they include Catherine the Great, Elizabeth I, Isabella of Spain, the Rani of Jhansi and Queen Jinga of Angola. Antonia Fraser's warrior queens are those women who have both ruled and led in war. Taking Boadicea as the definitive example, her choice of female champions from other ages and civilizations aims to present an awesome assembly. This book is more than a biographical selection however, the author is interested in the way that her heroines have held and wrested the reins of power from their - consistently male - adversaries. If Boadicea's apocryphal chariot has ensured her place in history, what then are the myths that surround the others? And how different are the democratically elected - if less regal - warrior queens of our own time: Indira Gandhi, Golda Meir and Margaret Thatcher? Antonia Fraser is the author of three historical biographies: Mary Queen of Scots , Cromwell: Our Chief of Men and King Charles II . She has also written The Six Wives of Henry VIII and The Weaker Vessel: Woman's Lot in Seventeenth-Century England .

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  1989

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  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. The author includes as her subjects Catherine the Great, Elizabeth I, Isabella of Spain, the Rani of Jhansi, and Queen Jinga of Angola. She is interested in the way her heroines have wrested from and held the reins of power from their male adversaries.

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  1988

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  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.