Regina : the queens who could have been /
"What queens would England have had if firstborn daughters, not firstborn sons, had inherited the throne? We may think if princesses as dutiful and elegant, wearing long flowing dresses, but the eldest daughters of England's kinds have been very different. Political intriguers. Abducted nu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire :
The History Press,
2024.
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| Summary: | "What queens would England have had if firstborn daughters, not firstborn sons, had inherited the throne? We may think if princesses as dutiful and elegant, wearing long flowing dresses, but the eldest daughters of England's kinds have been very different. Political intriguers. Abducted nuns who demanded divorces. Murderers. It's time we rediscovered the politicians we lost, the masterminds we see negotiating nunneries not armies, the personalities shining brilliantly even hundreds of years later: the queens who should have been. Let's meet them."--Page 4 of cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 256 pages : genealogical tables ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-256). |
| ISBN: | 9781803995601 1803995602 |