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The lives and achievements of so many different women are recounted in these pages that the reader could possibly be forgiven for losing track at times. Yet the author has presented her stories in a clear and very readable style which avoids such a problem. This is a thoroughly engrossing volume of multi-biography, and as always appears the case with this publisher, the text is complemented superbly by the plates section, most of the pictures being present-day photographs of castles and tombs, but a few contemporary portraits and Victorian paintings besides. The author's passion for her subject(s) is as evident as it is infectious. It has been a pleasure to read.
If you enjoy this, we can also recommend [[The House of Beaufort: The Bastard Line that Captured the Crown by Nathen Amin]], in which some of the women mentioned figure in more detail. [[Katherine Swynford by Alison Weir]], who is mentioned in the chapter on 'Medieval Mistresses', is a fine standalone biography of John of Gaunt's partner, while [[Isabella of France: The Rebel Queen by Kathryn Warner]] is an excellent account of one of the most determined of medieval consorts. Although aimed at younger readers, [[Sparrow: The story Story of Joan of Arc by Michael Morpurgo]] retells the story of France's tragic heroine and more recently saint.
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