She-Wolves by Helen Castor is a fascinating, true account of how royal power came to lie female hands thanks to the influence of four women: Matilda, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France and Margaret of Anjou. As seen on the BBC documentary series.
Helen Castor is a historian of medieval England, and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Her last book, Blood & Roses, a biography of the fifteenth-century Paston family, was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2005 and won the English Association's Beatrice White Prize in 2006. She lives in London with her husband and son.
Helen Castor is a historian of medieval England, and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Her last book, Blood and Roses, a biography of the 15th century Paston family, was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2005 and won the English Association's Beatrice White Prize in 2006. She lives in London with her husband and son.
"[Helen Castor is] an accomplished and elegant historian."--Miranda
Seymour, New York Times Book Review
"A fascinating biography of four powerful English queens...An
insightful look at issues still relevant today, related by an
accomplished historian and storyteller."--Kirkus Reviews
"A fascinating biography...An insightful look at issues still
relevant today, related by an accomplished historian and
storyteller."--Kirkus Reviews
"A gripping book . . . "She-Wolves" is a superb history of the
powerful women who have surrounded England's throne, combining
blood-drenched drama, politics, sex and swordplay with scholarly
analysis, symptahy for the plight of women and elegant
writing."--Simon Sebag Montefiore, Daily Telegraph (London)
"Beautifully narrated . . . learned and exciting. This is medieval
history at its best."--Evening Standard
"Castor has done a masterful job of outlining the burdens these
women faced. . . . Readers of popular history of British royals
will enjoy their immensely human stories."--Library Journal
"Castor skillfully combines this analysis with driving narratives,
using vivd details from contemporary chronicles to bring those
distant days alive. "She-Wolves" makes one gasp at the brutality of
medieval power struggles--and at the strength and vitality of the
women who sought to wield royal power."--Jenny Uglow, Financial
Times
"Castor's deep research will please European, military, and women's
historians, while [her] tight storytelling makes this unusually
fine royal history enjoyable reading for casual
readers."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Exceptional, even inspirational reading."--BookPage
"Helen Castor's very readable "She-Wolves" is . . . full of
beautiful, imperiled ladies; fearless knights; and remarkable,
often unbelievable turns of fortune. . . . Castor is a fine scholar
and an equally fine storyteller."--Cleveland Plain Dealer
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