She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth by Helen Castor

She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth

Helen Castor

480 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
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When Edward VI - Henry VIII’s longed-for son - died in 1553, extraordinarily, there was no one left to claim the title King of England. For the first time, all the contenders for the crown were female.In 1553, England was about to experience the ‘...

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