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Women Who Ruled

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This is a great "readers digest version" of the lives of ruling women. This book includes biographys of women from Empress Alexandra to Queen Cleopatra. It contains some photos. This book is a wonderful reference to have around the house. It would be extremely helpful for someone writing a report on any woman who ruled directly or indirectly over a kingdom throughout history. Well written it is a pure pleasure to add to any collection. Note: this is more of a who's who or reference book. It does not in any way resemble a novel. Although the stories of these women's lives are written very well. Not a dry read.

I was looking forward to this book, learning about other female rulers, and at first I enjoyed it, until I got to sections on Queens I know about and found errors. She writes in the section on Elizabeth I that the plot that finally did in Mary, Queen of Scots was named after Anthony Bolington when it was actually "ANTHONY BABINGTON". In her section on Lady Jane Grey, someone I know a lot about, she called Frances Brandon, Jane's mother, Henry VIII's sister, when in fact she was his NIECE. And Elizabeth II's father is turned into George V instead of George VI! If she gets the history wrong on these 3 Queen's what history is she getting wrong on the others? Avoid if you want accurate history on female rulers.