Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy by Norton, Elizabeth
Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy by Norton, Elizabeth

Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy

A fascinating history of female rulers across time and across the world Female kings have always been...
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Author: Elizabeth Norton
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy by Norton, Elizabeth

Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy

$89.99 $47.29
Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy by Norton, Elizabeth

Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy

$89.99 $47.29
Author: Elizabeth Norton
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
A fascinating history of female rulers across time and across the world

Female kings have always been a rarity, an oddity, or an undesirable outcome. In almost all places on the globe a male ruler was preferred to a woman, with female inheritance vanishingly rare and frequently disputed. In spite of this, women have secured crowns - or fought for them - over several millennia.

This scintillating book tell the story of the female kings: women who risked everything, sometimes unwillingly, to find a place in a man's world. Women Who Ruled the World covers an exhilarating expanse of time and space: from the lush oases of Ancient Egypt to the cherry blossomed islands of Japan, from the 19th century Queens of Madagascar who defied French attempts to colonise them to Tamar the Great, who presided over a golden age in Georgia. From the familiar - Boudicca, Cleopatra, Catherine to Great - to the unfamiliar - Urracca of Castile and Leon, Kushite queen Shanakdakhete, Lili'uokalani of Hawaii.

This ground-breaking book casts a global eye over five millennia of queenship, a truly remarkable feat of historical skill and breadth of knowledge.

Author: Elizabeth Norton
Publisher: Footnote Press
Published: 02/24/2026
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.60d
ISBN: 9781804441138

About the Author
Dr Elizabeth Norton is a historian and archaeologist. She is the author of several books, including The Lives of Tudor Women and England's Queens: The Biography, the first comprehensive study of English queenship from the Roman period to the present. She appears regularly on television documentaries and has experience as a historical consultant for both film and tv. She has a degree in Archaeology and Anthropology from the University of Cambridge, another in European Archaeology from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in Early Modern British History from King's College London. She has taught History at King's College London, and lectured and tutored in Archaeology at Oxford University.
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