- Hardcover
- Publisher: Smithmark Pub (May 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0831756144
- ISBN-13: 978-0831756147
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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From Publishers Weekly
In a series of cleverly linked biographies, Fraser here tells the stories of a long line of history's "warrior queens," at the same time exploring and illuminating the myths, paradoxes and ambiguities that attend their status as aggressive female leaders, and the "mingled awe, horror, and ecstasy" that they inspire. She begins with the British queen Boadicea, who in A.D. 60 led a massive but doomed rebellion against the Roman occupation (and whose spirit haunts the entire book), and ends with the modern trio: Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi and Margaret Thatcher. In between come the likes of Isabella of Spain, Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great and the beautiful Rani of Jhansi, who, wronged by the British, earned herself a permanent place in Indian legend by the heroic role she played against them in the so-called Mutiny of 1857. Fraser ( Mary Queen of Scots ; Cromwell ) buttresses her book with sound scholarship, while her insights and enthusiasm make it beguiling. Illustrated. 60,000 first printing; BOMC and QPBC alternates.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
From School Library Journal
YA-- Using Britain's Queen Boadicea as a focus, Fraser presents a provocative study of exceptional women leaders whose patriotic and military actions are resounding proof that women have made their mark many times over in fields usually dominated by men. Leadership roles of Warrior Queens Boadicea, Elizabeth I, Catherine the Great, Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi, and Margaret Thatcher--and many others--are examined in the context of the paradoxes and politics of their times. This book brings to life historical fact from a feminist viewpoint. A worthwhile addition to the history shelves.
- Jenni Elliott, Episcopal High School, Bellaire, TX
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
- Jenni Elliott, Episcopal High School, Bellaire, TX
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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Scary Boss Women,
This review is from: The Warrior Queens: The Legends and the Lives of the Women Who Have Led Their Nations in War (Paperback)
This is a series of essays on female leadership, and mens' reaction to it, by the renowned author Lady Antonia Fraser. Though it purports to center about the legendary Briton queen Boadicea, the "elephant sitting in the corner" throughout the whole account is the former PM Margaret Thatcher. The Iron Lady makes an overt appearance in the final chapter but her specter looms in the earlier chapters about such rulers as Zenobia, the Palmryan Queen who fought Aurelian, or Elizabeth I, the red-headed Virgin Queen. Fraser is very clever at identifying some of the vices and syndromes, many of them contradictory, that have clustered around female rulers, including the "Voracity Syndrome" - the theory that women in power are sex-crazy. Only Tsarina Catherine II (the "Great") truly matches that description; most, such as Cleopatra, were one-man women, despite their detractors' rhetoric. A fine work of history made especially enjoyable by its breadth and wit.
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This review is from: The Warrior Queens: The Legends and the Lives of the Women Who Have Led Their Nations in War (Paperback)
Let this scene from the revolt of Boudicca fire your imagination: "the captured Roman women had their breasts sliced off and sewn to their faces so it would appear they were eating them; then they were skewered alive and strung up longways." No surprise that the career of Margaret Thatcher inspired this work.
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Enjoyable popular history from the My Word panelist.
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