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 mans 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, Liliuokalani 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
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Footnote Press
Published: 02/24/2026
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781804441138
Language: English
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