{"product_id":"she-wolves-9780061430770","title":"She-Wolves","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Helen Castor has an exhilarating narrative gift. . . . Readers will love this book, finding it wholly absorbing and rewarding.\" --Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eWolf Hall\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the tradition of Antonia Fraser, David Starkey, and Alison Weir, prize-winning historian Helen Castor delivers a compelling, eye-opening examination of women and power in England, witnessed through the lives of six women who exercised power against all odds--and one who never got the chance. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the death of Edward VI in 1553, England, for the first time, would have a reigning queen. The question was: Who?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour women stood upon the crest of history: Katherine of Aragon's daughter, Mary; Anne Boleyn's daughter, Elizabeth; Mary, Queen of Scots; and Lady Jane Grey. But over the centuries, other exceptional women had struggled to push the boundaries of their authority and influence--and been vilified as \"she-wolves\" for their ambitions. Revealed in vivid detail, the stories of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France, Margaret of Anjou, and the Empress Matilda expose the paradox that England's next female leaders would confront as the Tudor throne lay before them--man ruled woman, but these women sought to rule a nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helen Castor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/31\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.06w x 1.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061430770\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCastor, Helen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eHelen Castor is a historian of medieval England and a Bye-Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Her first book, \u003cem\u003eBlood and Roses\u003c\/em\u003e, was long-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize and won the English Association's Beatrice White Prize. Her second book, \u003cem\u003eShe-Wolves\u003c\/em\u003e, was selected as one of the books of the year by \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Independent, Financial Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBBC History Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Helen Castor \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48483705487517,"sku":"9780061430770","price":28.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_2c7ce55e-b3ff-48e7-b39f-d19434303bc7.jpg?v=1782288758","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/she-wolves-9780061430770","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}