Queens: 3,000 Years of the Most Powerful Women in History

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Queens – over 3,000 years of incredible women who ruled the world! Celebrating strong, brave women across the centuries and around the world, Queens tells their stories of strength and resilience.

Spanning 3,000 years from Cleopatra to the Viking queens, Queen Nanny of Jamaica to HRH Elizabeth II, discover new stories about fierce female monarchs.

Full to the brim with striking, vibrant illustrations and bursting with facts about the queens' pets, costume, homes, make-up, jewellery, and much much more.

The women featured include:

Queen of Sheba

Cleopatra

Boudicca

Empress Jingu

Queen Septimia Zenobia

Empress Theodora

Empress Wu Zetian

Lady K’Abel

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Queen Tamar

Margaret, Maid of Scotland

Isabella of Castile

Grace O'Malley

Elizabeth I

Queen Nzinga

Queen Christina Alexandra

Queen Nanny

Queen Maria Theresa Habsburg

Catherine the Great

Marie Antionette

Biawacheeitchish

Queen Victoria

Queen Rani Lakshimi Bai

Empress Dowager Cixi

Liliuokalania Hawaii

Queen Yaa Asantewaa

Empress Myeongseong

Tsarina Alexandra Romanov