The Dark Queens. A gripping tale of power ambition and murderous rivalry in early medieval France (Puhak Shelley); Head of Zeus, 2023

A vivid double biography of two fearless early medieval queens.

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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Параметр	Значение
ISBN	9781801109178
Автор(ы)	Puhak Shelley
Вес	0.3
Возрастное ограничение	16+
Год издания	2023
Жанр	история
Издатель	Head of Zeus
Издательство	Head of Zeus
Кол-во страниц	392
Количество книг	1
Количество страниц	392
Обложка	мягкая обложка
Тип обложки	мягкая