The four beautiful, cultured and clever daughters of the Count and Countess of Provence made illustrious marriages and lived at the epicentre of political power and intrigue in 13th-century Europe. This compelling work of history gives women their due as movers and shakers in tumultuous times.

This revisionist biography unearths the secular and verifiable basis for Joan of Arc's heroic exploits: Yolande of Aragon, a forgotten mentor. This is a story of not one life, but two - two lives that together were intertwined in the restoration of France's greatness.

The extraordinary lives of two formidable 16th-century queens: Marguerite de Valois and her mother Catherine de' Medici.

The extraordinary story of a queen who lost her throne, and of her four remarkable daughters.