Her-storyathon Readathon 2023 - hosted by charlottecoyne

Royalty/Nobility
 Read a book about a woman who had a title (queens, princesses, duchesses, countesses, etc.)

 
All books added
Empress Dowager CIXI: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang

Empress Dowager CIXI: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China

Jung Chang

464 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
The Duchess Countess: The Woman Who Scandalized Eighteenth Century London by Catherine Ostler

The Duchess Countess: The Woman Who Scandalized Eighteenth Century London

Catherine Ostler

12 hours, 57 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction biography history informative medium-paced
Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen by Alison Weir

Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen

Six Tudor Queens #3

Alison Weir

608 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative sad slow-paced
Chronos Crime Chronicles - Jane Parker: The Downfall of Two Tudor Queens? by Charlie Fenton

Chronos Crime Chronicles - Jane Parker: The Downfall of Two Tudor Queens?

Charlie Fenton

80 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography history medium-paced
Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession by Alison Weir

Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession

Six Tudor Queens #2

Alison Weir

592 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative sad medium-paced
Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber: The Extraordinary Life of Rose Dugdale by Sean O'Driscoll

Heiress, Rebel, Vigilante, Bomber: The Extraordinary Life of Rose Dugdale

Sean O'Driscoll

288 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey by Fiona Carnarvon

Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey

Fiona Carnarvon

353 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography historical history
Lady MacBethad by Isabelle Schuler

Lady MacBethad

Isabelle Schuler

368 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous dark tense medium-paced
When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt by Kara Cooney

When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt

Kara Cooney

400 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
The Last White Rose: A Novel of Elizabeth of York by Alison Weir

The Last White Rose: A Novel of Elizabeth of York

Tudor Rose #1

Alison Weir

544 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical emotional informative slow-paced