A review by wordshaker12
Cranky Ladies of History by Tansy Rayner Roberts, Tehani Croft Wessely

4.5

4.5/5

- Queenside by Liz Barr (Mary I) ★★★★
- The Company Of Women by Garth Nix (Lady Godiva) ★★★★ - I'm a racing car, passing by like Lady Godiva 
- Mary, Mary by Kirstyn McDermott (Mary Wollstonecraft) ★★★★★
- A Song For Sacagawea by Jane Yolen (Sacagawea) ★★★★
- Look How Cold My Hands Are by Deborah Biancotti (Erzabet Bathory) ★★★★
- Bright Moon by Foz Meadows (Khutulun) ★★★★★
- Charmed Life by Joyce Chng (Leizu) ★★★★
- A Beautiful Stream by Nisi Shawl (Colette) ★★★
- Neter Nefer by Amanda Pillar (Neferure) ★★★★★
- Due Care And Attention by Sylvia Kelso (Lilian Cooper) ★★★
- The Dragon, The Terror, The Sea by Stephanie Lai (Ching Shih) ★★★.5 
- Theodora by Barbara Robson (Theodora) ★★★★
- For So Great A Misdeed by Lisa L. Hannett (Hallgerðr) ★★★
- The Pasha, The Girl And The Dagger by Havva Murat (Nora/Kreshnik - Albania) ★★★★★
- Granuaile by Dirk Flinthart (Grace O'Malley) ★★★ 
- Little Battles by L.M. Myles (Eleanor of Aquitaine) ★★★.5
- Another Week In The Future, An Excerpt by Kaaron Warren (Catherine Helen Spence) ★★★.5 - As interesting as I found this one, it didn't seem to fit with the other stories of the anthology.
- The Lioness by Laura Lam (Jeanne de Clisson) ★★★★★
- Cora Crane And The Trouble With Me by Sandra McDonald (Cora Crane) ★★.5
- Vintana by Thoraiya Dyer (Ranavalona I) ★★.5 
- Hallowed Ground by Juliet Marillier (Hildegard of Bingen) ★★★★ - When I first started this anthology I didn't care for this story but I really liked it this time around.
- Glorious by Faith Mudge (Elizabeth I) ★★★★★ - I love how it starts and ends with the Tudors.