She-Wolves : The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth

She-Wolves : The Women Who Ruled England Before ElizabethAuthor: Castor, Helen England Published on 7 July 2011 by Faber & Faber in the United Kingdom. Paperback 496 pages 197 x 128 x 34 404g 'Highly readable, exciting and thought provoking' Hilary Mantel'A gem of blood and thunder storytelling' Dominic SandbrookIn 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

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