Queens, Empresses, Grand Duchesses and Regents: Women Rulers of Europe, A.D. 1328-1989

ISBN-13: 9780786467372 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 296 str.

Olga S. Opfell

Opis

This book presents the lives and accomplishments of 39 women rulers--not in-name-only, but wielders of real power. Celebrated queens like England's Elizabeth I share equal space here with lesser-known monarchs like Giovanna I of Naples and Maria da Gloria of Portugal. The flamboyant, such as Christina of Sweden, contrast with the moralistic, like Maria Theresa of Austria.