Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries by Kate Mosse SIGNED COPY

History, completed. 'A must-have for history lovers and feminists' – Glamour

Moving, illuminating and deeply personal, Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is for anyone who has ever questioned how history is made. In this alternative and inspiring history, Kate Mosse shines a light on nearly 1,000 women from across the globe whose names and achievements deserve to be celebrated, not forgotten:Rachel Carson, mother of the modern environmental movementEthel Smyth, unheralded British composer and virtuosoAnne Bonny, legendary eighteenth-century pirate and roguePauli Murray, ground-breaking US civil rights activist and lawyerSophia Jex-Blake, pioneering nineteenth-century doctorDoria Shafik, Egyptian poet and women’s liberation leaderCornelia Sorabji, trailblazing Indian women’s rights campaignerShirley Chisholm, the first female US presidential candidateAnd as she researches the lives of these ground-breaking women, Kate embarks on a detective story to uncover a forgotten literary superstar in her own family, reflecting the desire of so many people to trace their own roots .

'Don't miss this' - Natalie Haynes, bestselling author of Pandora's Jar and Stone Blind'Excellent .. . Bursting with extraordinary women' – Anita Anand, broadcaster and author of The Patient Assassin‘A spectacular work of synthesis, scholarship and love’ – Kate Williams, historian and author of Rival Queens'A powerful panorama of the extraordinary achievements of a wonderful cast of women - both famous and hidden - down the millennia' – Jonathan Phillips, historian and author of The Life & Legend of the Sultan Saladin

Format:Paperback / softback 432 pages
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Pan Books
ISBN:9781529092233
Published:30 Jan 2025
Classifications:c 1000 CE to c 1500, Modern period, c 1500 onwards, Holidays & seasonal interest, Biography: historical, political & military, Collected biographies, General & world history, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Social & cultural history, Gender studies: women, Family history, tracing ancestors
Weight:294g