Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries by Kate Mosse
In this alternative and inspiring history, Kate Mosse shines a light on nearly 1,000 women from across the globe whose names and achievements deserve to be celebrated, not forgotten-
Rachel Carson, mother of the modern environmental movement; Ethel Smyth, unheralded British composer and virtuoso; Anne Bonny, legendary eighteenth-century pirate and rogue; Pauli Murray, ground-breaking US civil rights activist and lawyer; Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneering nineteenth-century doctorDoria Shafik and others.
And as she researches the lives of these ground-breaking women, Kate embarks on a detective story to uncover a forgotten literary superstar in her own family, reflecting the desire of so many people to trace their own roots.
History, completed. 'A must-have for history lovers and feminists' – Glamour
In this alternative and inspiring history, Kate Mosse shines a light on nearly 1,000 women from across the globe whose names and achievements deserve to be celebrated, not forgotten-
Rachel Carson, mother of the modern environmental movement; Ethel Smyth, unheralded British composer and virtuoso; Anne Bonny, legendary eighteenth-century pirate and rogue; Pauli Murray, ground-breaking US civil rights activist and lawyer; Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneering nineteenth-century doctorDoria Shafik and others.
And as she researches the lives of these ground-breaking women, Kate embarks on a detective story to uncover a forgotten literary superstar in her own family, reflecting the desire of so many people to trace their own roots.
History, completed. 'A must-have for history lovers and feminists' – Glamour
In this alternative and inspiring history, Kate Mosse shines a light on nearly 1,000 women from across the globe whose names and achievements deserve to be celebrated, not forgotten-
Rachel Carson, mother of the modern environmental movement; Ethel Smyth, unheralded British composer and virtuoso; Anne Bonny, legendary eighteenth-century pirate and rogue; Pauli Murray, ground-breaking US civil rights activist and lawyer; Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneering nineteenth-century doctorDoria Shafik and others.
And as she researches the lives of these ground-breaking women, Kate embarks on a detective story to uncover a forgotten literary superstar in her own family, reflecting the desire of so many people to trace their own roots.
History, completed. 'A must-have for history lovers and feminists' – Glamour