| Description |
xiii, 383 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-362) and index. |
| 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. |
| Form |
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. f. |
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Boadicea, Queen, -62.
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Boadicea, Queen, -62. |
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Women -- Biography.
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Women -- Biography. |
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Queens -- Biography.
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Queens -- Biography. |
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Women -- Political activity.
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Women -- Political activity. |
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Women soldiers.
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Women soldiers. |
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Archaeology.
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Archaeology. |
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Queens. |
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Women. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Fraser, Antonia, 1932- Warrior queens. New York : Knopf, 1989 (OCoLC)643796042 |
| ISBN |
0394549392 |
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9780394549392 |
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