{"product_id":"9781529092233","title":"Warrior Queens \u0026 Quiet Revolutionaries : How Women (Also) Built the World by Kate Mosse","description":"History, completed.   'A must-have for history lovers and feminists' - GlamourMoving, illuminating and deeply personal, Warrior Queens \u0026amp; Quiet Revolutionaries is for anyone who has ever questioned how history is made.   In this alternative and inspiring history, Kate Mosse shines a light on nearly 1,000 women from across the globe whose names and achievements deserve to be celebrated, not forgotten:Rachel Carson, mother of the modern environmental movementEthel Smyth, unheralded British composer and virtuosoAnne Bonny, legendary eighteenth-century pirate and roguePauli Murray, ground-breaking US civil rights activist and lawyerSophia Jex-Blake, pioneering nineteenth-century doctorDoria Shafik, Egyptian poet and women's liberation leaderCornelia Sorabji, trailblazing Indian women's rights campaignerShirley Chisholm, the first female US presidential candidateAnd as she researches the lives of these ground-breaking women, Kate embarks on a detective story to uncover a forgotten literary superstar in her own family, reflecting the desire of so many people to trace their own roots . . .   'Don't miss this' - Natalie Haynes, bestselling author of Pandora's Jar and Stone Blind'Excellent . . . Bursting with extraordinary women' - Anita Anand, broadcaster and author of The Patient Assassin`A spectacular work of synthesis, scholarship and love' - Kate Williams, historian and author of Rival Queens'A powerful panorama of the extraordinary achievements of a wonderful cast of women - both famous and hidden - down the millennia' - Jonathan Phillips, historian and author of The Life \u0026amp; Legend of the Sultan Saladin\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56303657091445,"sku":"9781529092233","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781529092233_381abecf-d7ff-4b8a-b9ce-2be292885c28.jpg?v=1762794659","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781529092233","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}