![]() ![]() ![]() Lusch, The Kirk Center "The biography of Matilda I've been waiting for: as clear-sighted, forthright and formidable as the Empress herself. ![]() The result - authoritative, human, and utterly compelling - is a triumph."-Helen Castor, author of She-Wolves, "Impressive study"-Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian "A lively and authoritative account"-Katherine Harvey, Times Literary Supplement "A fine example of the genre"-Tony Barber, The Financial Times " will attract a growing audience interested in stories of women challenging the male-dominated European past."-Alexandra Locking, Medieval Review "This account of Matilda's frenetic and unfulfilled life puts the DNA of her world's sexism front and center, which makes this thousand-year-old story feel.modern."-Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Review "Catherine Hanley's accessible biography lifts Matilda from between the lines of recorded history to gives us a fascinating portrait of a woman who did not need to rule to be remembered."-Timothy D. ![]() Catherine Hanley combines lucid scholarship with page-turning narrative military expertise with a fine-grained understanding of the challenges facing a twelfth-century woman who sought to rule. "Impressive study"-Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian "A lively and authoritative account"- Katherine Harvey, Times Literary Supplement "A fine example of the genre"-Tony Barber, The Financial Times "The biography of Matilda I've been waiting for: as clear-sighted, forthright and formidable as the Empress herself. ![]()
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