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Nine
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The 1 New York Times bestselling historical
novelist delivers her magnum opus8212alandmark
work of feminist nonfiction that radically
redefines our understanding of the extraordinary
roles ordinary women played throughout British
history and 8220shuld be included in every
history lesson8221(Glamour UK)8220Asauthor
and lead narrator, Gregory8217spassion for
this topic is evidence in her confident
narration. . . . This audio should be savored. .
. . This stellar work will be of interest to
feminists,
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historians, Anglophiles, and those who like
learning more about women throughout history.822
18212Booklist (starred review)Did you know that
there are more penises than women in the Bayeux
Tapestry? That the Peasants8217Revolt of 1381
was started and propelled by women who were
protesting a tax on women? Or that celebrated
naturalist Charles Darwin believed not just that
women were naturally inferior to men, but that
they8217devolve to become ever more
inferior?These are just a few of the startling
findings you will learn from reading Philippa
Gregory8217sNormal Women. In this ambitious
and groundbreaking book, she tells the story of
England over 900 years, for the very first time
placing women8212soe fifty per cent of the
population8212ceter stage.Using research
skills honed in her work as one of our foremost
historical novelists, Gregory trawled through
court records, newspapers, and journals to find
highwaywomen and beggars, murderers and brides,
housewives and pirates, female husbands and
hermits. The 8220nomal women8221you will meet
in these pages went to war, ploughed the fields,
campaigned, wrote, and loved. They rode in
jousts, flew Spitfires, issued their own
currency, and built ships, corn mills and
houses. They committed crimes or treason,
worshipped many gods, cooked and nursed,
invented things, and rioted. A lot.A landmark
work of scholarship and storytelling, Normal
Women chronicles centuries of social and
cultural change8212frm 1066 to modern
times8212poered by the determination,
persistence, and effectiveness of
women.8220Liely, timely and gloriously
energetic. Each page bursts with life, and every
chapter swirls with personalities left out of
traditional narratives of Britain8217spast.
Philippa Gregory has produced something rare and
wonderful a genuinely new history of Britain,
with women at its beating heart.82218212Dan
Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The
Plantagenets8220Stnning. . . . Full of
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surprises. . . . A brilliant, essential
read.82218212The Independent (UK)
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