Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World
£9.99
Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is a celebration of unheard and under-heard women’s history.
‘Excellent . . . bursting with extraordinary women’ – Anita Anand
‘Brilliant’ – Daisy Buchanan
“My hope is that this book will inspire as I have been inspired. It’s a love letter to the importance of history and about how, without knowing where we come from – truthfully and entirely – we cannot know who we are.”
Within these pages you’ll meet nearly 1000 women whose names deserve to be better known: from the Mothers of Invention and the trailblazing women at the Bar; warrior queens and pirate commanders; the women who dedicated their lives to the natural world or to medicine; those women of courage who resisted and fought for what they believed; to the unsung heroes of stage, screen and stadium.
It is global, travelling the world and spanning all periods of time. It is also an intensely moving detective story of the author’s own family history as Kate Mosse pieces together the forgotten life of her great-grandmother, Lily Watson, a famous and highly-successful novelist in her day who has all but disappeared from the record . . .
Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is accessible and fascinating in its detail. A beautifully illustrated dictionary of women, it is a love letter to family history and a personal memoir about the nature of women’s struggles to be heard and their achievements acknowledged. Joyous, celebratory and engaging, it is a book for everyone who has ever wondered how history is made.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Mantle (13 Oct. 2022) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| File size | 5283 KB |
| Text-to-Speech | Enabled |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
| X-Ray | Not Enabled |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Sticky notes | On Kindle Scribe |
| Print length | 422 pages |
by Bluebell Girl
I have read quite a few books by Kate Mosse but for some reason I had not heard of this one, Warrior Queens and Quiet Revolutionaries. My friend told me that Kate was coming to our local theatre to give a talk about the book, so I bought it to try and read as much as possible before going. I can recommend seeing Kate talk if you have the opportunity, it was a fabulous show.
This is such an interesting read. It tells of the contribution that women have made throughout history from writers, scientists, politicians, lawyers and judges, activists, women of faith, inventors, queens, pirates, academics, doctors, leaders to artists, to every sphere of life, this book draws on all the women throughout history we should know about but who have disappeared from common knowledge. There are some well known figures but many, many who have disappeared from the pages of history.
Interspersed throughout the book is the story of Kate’s great grandmother Lily Watson, a famous and successful writer of her day. We learn about her life and how Kate has been on a quest to understand more about her life. How a well known and well published author can simply have disappeared from history.
This is an amazingly well researched book, very informative, inspirational and compelling. It is not a quick book to read, as the amount of information in this book is exceptional. Possibly a book that you would want to read on and off rather than in one sitting like a novel.
by Amazon Customer
This book is brilliant because it has something very few books can achieve: it dazzles you. Everything Kate Mosse writes about each of those women is so interesting that I have already given it to two friends as birthday gifts, and I think it’s going to be one of my first choices for Christmas presents this year.
It doesn’t matter the genre of books you normally get excited about, and it doesn’t matter your religion (or absence of), I’ve found this book captivating, respectful and enlightening!
It’s an absolute delight.
by Miss K R Pearson
Fantastic book from an amazing author, this isn’t a novel but a series of small studies on amazing women long forgotten by history (and a few you may know). Definitely recommend this book.
by john blackledge
Nothing to dislike, well researched and written, a must read as an inspirational guide for women old and young
by Helen Musson
Brilliant!
by Bobs and Books
Perfection.
by Julie
Bought as a gift and told it was an interesting read.
by Emma H
I enjoyed this book and am amazed at how many amazing women have contributed to history over the years that I’d never heard of. It took me a few chapters to get into due to the sheer number of names in there but thoroughly enjoyed learning so much about such inspiring women!