The Dark Queens: A gripping tale of power, ambition and murderous rivalry in early medieval France by Shelley Puhak

The Dark Queens: A gripping tale of power, ambition and murderous rivalry in early medieval France

Shelley Puhak

393 pages • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

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A vivid double biography of two fearless early medieval queens.'Brings the Merovingian empire to thrilling, bewildering, horrifying life' Helen Castor'Restores two half-forgotten and much-mythologized queens to their proper place in medieval histo...

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informative 95%
dark 48%
adventurous 36%
inspiring 20%
challenging 18%
reflective 17%
tense 11%
emotional 7%
sad 5%
mysterious 4%
funny 1%
hopeful 1%

Pace

medium 69%
slow 17%
fast 13%

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4.18

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