The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition
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A groundbreaking history of abolition that recovers the largely forgotten role of African Americans...
ClareR (5674 KP) rated The Battle For England: Women at war in Medieval England (Wars of the Magna Carta #1) in Books
Jan 22, 2019 (Updated Jan 22, 2019)
The years after the Magna Carta was signed were very unsettled. King John had problems with Phillip of France, losing lands in France and allowing the French in to England to take over castles and land by force. With the death of John, his 9 year old son succeeds him and William Marshall becomes his Regent. I have read other books about William Marshall, and what I read here seemed to be in keeping (most writers seem to be in agreement at the kind of man he must have been).
Nicolaa of Lincoln and Matilda of Laxton were not weak females. I really liked how they were portrayed, and I enjoyed reading the chapters from their points of view as it showed how strong and independent they were. I really liked Father Barnards chapters too. It gave an objective look at how these two women reacted in their situations.
I am a real sucker for historical fiction, and I feel that this was a really well researched novel. There was nothing overly sensationalised, which made it more believable for me. I will probably read the next book in this series. I'm interested to see if there is more from these two impressive women.
Many thanks to Sapere Books for a copy of this book to read and review.
The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe
Judith M. Bennett and Ruth Mazo Karras
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The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe provides a comprehensive overview of the...
I did enjoy reading about these women, but I did find some of it extremely heavy going with a lot of the information being around maths and science. But it was a lovely read to find out more about the women who have been hidden for so long and not had the credit and recognition that they deserve in the history books.
I will say, that this may be one of the only times that I have actually preferred the film to the book. And I think that might have been because it flowed better as a story rather than how Margot Lee Shetterley presented the facts. I think the film showed just how much the women had to endure with segregation and made it a lot more shocking than reading it in the book. While it was shocking in the book the extent of things, I don’t think it quite hit as hard as seeing it on screen.
But overall, a very interesting book if you want to learn more about how these women helped shape space travel as we know it today.
Woman Walk the Line: How the Women in Country Music Changed Our Lives
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Full-tilt, hardcore, down-home, and groundbreaking, the women of country music speak volumes with...
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Speeches That Influenced the World
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Speeches that Defined the World is a collection of the most potent and memorable speeches throughout...
When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America
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“History at its best--clear, intelligent, moving. Paula Giddings has written a book as priceless...
Girls Will be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934
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Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, and Katharine Hepburn all made lasting impressions with the cinematic...
A Time in Arabia: Living in Yemen's Hadhramant in the 1930s
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Doreen Ingrams and her husband were the first Europeans ever to live in the Hadhramaut, an...
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
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One of the most influential political films in history, The Battle of Algiers, by Gillo Pontecorvo,...