The warrior queens /
Fraser, Antonia, 1932-
The warrior queens / - New York : Knopf, 1989. - xiii, 383 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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.
0394549392 9780394549392
88045778
Boadicea, Queen of Iceni, -62.
Women--Biography.
Queens--Biography.
Women--Political activity.
Women soldiers.
Archaeology.
Archaeology.
Queens.
Women.
Women--Political activity.
Women soldiers.
Frau.
Kriegf�uhrung.
Geschichte.
Biographie.
K�onigin.
Biography.
D109 / .F72 1989
920.72
The warrior queens / - New York : Knopf, 1989. - xiii, 383 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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.
0394549392 9780394549392
88045778
Boadicea, Queen of Iceni, -62.
Women--Biography.
Queens--Biography.
Women--Political activity.
Women soldiers.
Archaeology.
Archaeology.
Queens.
Women.
Women--Political activity.
Women soldiers.
Frau.
Kriegf�uhrung.
Geschichte.
Biographie.
K�onigin.
Biography.
D109 / .F72 1989
920.72