{"product_id":"9781804444498","title":"Women Who Ruled the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBBC HISTORY MAGAZINE \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A breath-taking history of female sovereignty' Alison Weir\u003cbr\u003e'Gripping and beautifully crafted' Tracy Borman\u003cbr\u003e'Filled with fascinating figures from history' Gareth Russell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThese are the stories of the female kings: women who risked everything, sometimes unwillingly, to find their place in a man's world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFemale kings have always been a rarity, an oddity, or an undesirable outcome. In almost all places throughout the world a male ruler was preferred to a woman, with female succession vanishingly rare and frequently disputed. In spite of this, women have secured crowns - or fought for them - over several millennia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharting rulers from Merneith, the first female Pharoah of Ancient Egypt, to the indomitable eight empresses of Japan, and from Elizabeth I and the machinations of her Tudor court to the power of Salote Tupou III and her Pacific Island kingdom, \u003ci\u003eWomen Who Ruled the World\u003c\/i\u003e is an expansive and comprehensive history of female royal power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Footnote Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57759259328885,"sku":"9781804444498","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781804444498.jpg?v=1794481981","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781804444498","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}