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The warrior queens /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Knopf, 1989.Description: xiii, 383 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0394549392
  • 9780394549392
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Warrior queens.DDC classification:
  • 920.72 19
LOC classification:
  • D109 .F72 1989
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Contents:
Queen Boadicea -- Cleopatra -- Zenobia -- Tamara -- Queen Elizabeth I -- Jinga Mbandi -- Catherine the Great -- Indira Gandhi -- Golda Meir -- Margaret Thatcher -- Queen Isabella -- Caterina Sforza.
Summary: In this panoramic work of history, Fraser looks at women who led armies, empires and rebellions: Cleopatra, Tamara of Georgia, Isabella of Spain, Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great, Jinga Mbandi of Angola, the Rani of Jhansi, and the 20th-century "iron ladies" Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir and Indira Gandhi, among others. Her touchstone is Boadicea, the first-century Briton who led 120,000 compatriots in a revolt that temporarily shook the Roman hold on her country. With her as a vibrant centerpiece, Fraser brings forward a constellation of 17 women who, through accidents of fate or descent, or sheer genius for power, have been cast in the role of Warrior Queen--seen by her contemporaries as (often simultaneously) monster, angel, honorary male, one who shames men into bravery--and seen, long after her reign, as the focus of a golden age.--From publisher description.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 920.72 FRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) D109 .F72 1989 1 Available 34517000217839

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-362) and index.

Queen Boadicea -- Cleopatra -- Zenobia -- Tamara -- Queen Elizabeth I -- Jinga Mbandi -- Catherine the Great -- Indira Gandhi -- Golda Meir -- Margaret Thatcher -- Queen Isabella -- Caterina Sforza.

In this panoramic work of history, Fraser looks at women who led armies, empires and rebellions: Cleopatra, Tamara of Georgia, Isabella of Spain, Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great, Jinga Mbandi of Angola, the Rani of Jhansi, and the 20th-century "iron ladies" Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir and Indira Gandhi, among others. Her touchstone is Boadicea, the first-century Briton who led 120,000 compatriots in a revolt that temporarily shook the Roman hold on her country. With her as a vibrant centerpiece, Fraser brings forward a constellation of 17 women who, through accidents of fate or descent, or sheer genius for power, have been cast in the role of Warrior Queen--seen by her contemporaries as (often simultaneously) monster, angel, honorary male, one who shames men into bravery--and seen, long after her reign, as the focus of a golden age.--From publisher description.

Also issued online.

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