The Dark Queens: A gripping tale of power, ambition and murderous rivalry in early medieval France - Shelley Puhak - diskuze
Výrobce: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
EAN: 9781801109178
Výrobní číslo: 9781801109178
A vivid double biography of two fearless early medieval queens. 'Brings the Merovingian empire to thrilling, bewildering, horrifying life' Helen Castor 'Restores two half-forgotten and much-mythologized queens to their proper place in medieval history' Dan Jones 'Fredegund and Brunhild have finally found a worthy champion' Literary Review Brunhild was a Visigothic princess, raised to be married off for the sake of alliance-building. Her sister-in-law Fredegund started out as a lowly palace slave. And yet - in sixth-century Merovingian France, where women were excluded from noble succession and royal politics was a blood sport - these two iron-willed strategists reigned over vast realms for decades, changing the face of Europe. After Brunhild's and Fredegund's deaths, however, their stories were rewritten, their names consigned to slander and legend. From the tangled primary evidence of Merovingian sources, award-winning writer Shelley Puhak weaves a gripping and intricate tale, its characters driven by ambition, lust and jealousy to acts of treachery and murderous violence. The Dark Queens resurrects these two women in all their complexity, painting a richly detailed portrait of a shadowy era and dispelling some of the stubbornest myths about female power.
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Autor | Shelley Puhak |
Jazyk | Anglicky |
Počet stran | 392 |
Rok vydání | 2023 |
Vazba | brožovaná |
Cena od 262 Kč - 312 Kč v 3 obchodech
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