Her-storyathon Readathon 2023 - hosted by charlottecoyne

Pre-Enlightenment Women (roughly pre-1700)
 Read a book about a woman who lived before the year 1700


 
All books added
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
The Countess by Rebecca Johns

The Countess

Rebecca Johns

355 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction historical horror dark slow-paced
The Widow Queen by Elżbieta Cherezińska

The Widow Queen

Bold #1

Elżbieta Cherezińska

496 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous dark slow-paced
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
Sex and the City of Ladies: Rewriting History with Cleopatra, Lucrezia Borgia and Catherine the Great by Lisa Hilton

Sex and the City of Ladies: Rewriting History with Cleopatra, Lucrezia Borgia and Catherine the Great

Lisa Hilton

80 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction feminism gender history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Goddess by Kelly Gardiner

Goddess

Kelly Gardiner

384 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ emotional slow-paced
American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans by Eve LaPlante

American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans

Eve LaPlante

312 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography historical reflective slow-paced
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