The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry that Forged the Medieval World by Shelley Puhak

The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry that Forged the Medieval World

Shelley Puhak

336 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

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"Brunhild was a foreign princess, raised to be married off for the sake of alliance-building. Her sister-in-law Fredegund started out as a lowly palace slave. And yet-in sixth-century Merovingian France, where women were excluded from noble succes...

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informative 95%
dark 48%
adventurous 35%
inspiring 21%
challenging 17%
reflective 16%
tense 12%
emotional 7%
mysterious 4%
sad 4%
funny 1%
hopeful 1%

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slow 17%
fast 14%

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