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The warrior queens Cover Image Book Book

The warrior queens / Antonia Fraser.

Fraser, Antonia, 1932- (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780394549392
  • ISBN: 0394549392
  • Physical Description: xiii, 383 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Knopf, 1989.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Published in Great Britain under title: Boadicea's Chariot. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1988.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Bibliography: p. 337-362.
Formatted Contents Note:
A singular exception -- Antique glories -- The queen of war -- Iceni: this powerful tribe -- Ruin by a woman -- The red layer -- Eighty thousand dead -- O Zenobia! -- Matilda, daughter of Peter -- England's domina -- Lion of the Caucasus -- Isabella with her prayers -- Elizabethan triumphans -- Jinga at the gates -- Queen versus monster -- The valiant Rani -- Iron ladies -- Unbecoming in a woman?

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Castlegar Public Library.

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