Cleopatra is often portrayed as a woman ruled by emotion rather than reason; a queen hurtling towards inevitable self-destruction. But these tales of seduction, intrigue, and suicide by asp have obfuscated Cleopatra's true political genius. Stripping away our preconceptions, many of them as old as Egypt's Roman conquerors, Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley offers a magnificent biography of a most extraordinary queen.--From publisher description.
Provides biographical portraits of ten queens from history including Esther, Cleopatra, Boudicca, Zenobia, Eleanor of Acquitaine, Isabel of Spain, Elizabeth I, Christina of Sweden, Maria Theresa, and Catherine the Great.
Examines the lives of England's Henry VIII and his six wives, presenting a portrait of the world in which they lived and exploring Henry's motivations.
Describes the upbringing of Anne Boleyn, second queen of England's Henry VIII, and the social and religious contexts of her life, discussing sixteenth-century beliefs about sodomy, incest, fetal deformities, and witchcraft in a search for the true reasons she was executed.
A biography of the woman who inherited one-quarter of modern day France at age fifteen, became queen of France and later queen of England, as well as the mother of Richard Coeur de Lion.
When the King and his army disappear, the queen fears the Usurper will return to plunge her city into darkness, but her faithful general masterminds a strategy to keep the city safe, against great odds.
