Queen, empress, concubine : fifty women rulers from the Queen of Sheba to Catherine the Great by Gold, Claudia instant download

Queen, empress, concubine : fifty women rulers from the Queen of Sheba to Catherine the Great by Gold, Claudia instant download

254 pages : 29 cm, \"The number of women who have ruled as queens or empresses, or governed as presidents or prime ministers, remains but a small subset of the total of those who have attained ultimate political power. But this elite group of women have reached the hights of political and ceremonial leadership, including some of the most charismatic figures.\"--Jacket, Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-254) and index, Hatshepsut, Queen of Egypt -- Nefertit, Queen of Egypt -- Puduhepa, Hittite Queen -- Deborah, Judge and prophet -- Bathsheba, Queen of Israel -- Queen of Sheba -- Jezebel, Queen of Israel -- Tomyris, Queen of the Massagetae -- Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator, Queen of Egypt -- Livia, Empress of Rome -- Boudica, Queen of the Iceni -- Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra -- Theodora, Empress of Byzantium -- Wu Hou, Empress of China -- Matilda, Claimant to the English throne -- Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of England and France -- Blanche of Castile, Queen of France -- Isabella 'The She Wolf', Queen of England -- Margaret I, Queen of Denmark -- Margaret of Anjou, Queen consort to Henry VI of England -- Isabella, Queen of Castile -- Caterina Sforza, Regent of Forli and Imola -- Juana the Mad, Queen of Castile -- Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara -- Roxelana, Sultana of the Ottoman Empire -- Mary Tudor, Queen of England -- Catherine de Medicis, Queen of France -- Elizabeth I, Queen of England -- Lady Jane Grey, titular Queen of England -- Mary, Queen of Scots -- Nur Jahan, Empress of India -- Anne of Austria, Queen consort of Louis XIII of France and regent during the minority of Louis XIV -- Christina, Queen of Sweden -- Mary II, Queen of England -- Anne, Queen of England -- Maria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia -- Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour -- Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia -- Marie Antoinette, Queen consort of King Louis XVI of France -- Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of…