Get ready to dive in to the wondrous world of Queens – a joyous roll call of women who ruled kingdoms across the centuries and continents. From the famous to the obscure, these are stories of strength, resilience and sometimes cruelty, in societies where women were expected to be the fairer sex and to take their lead from men – but instead rebelled to take power.
Celebrate Marie Antoinette’s love of the lavish and extravagant, relish in Tsarina Alexandra’s stubborn refusal to toe the line and be wowed by Syrian warrior queen Septimia Zenobia’s fearless derring-do.
Equals to their male counterparts – about whom so much is already known and continues to be written – there is nothing meek or apologetic about these women.
Queens – over 3,000 years of incredible women who ruled the world!
Celebrating strong, brave women across the centuries and around the world, Queens tells their stories of strength and resilience.
Spanning 3,000 years from Cleopatra to the Viking queens, Queen Nanny of Jamaica to HRH Elizabeth II, discover new stories about fierce female monarchs.
From Queen Neithhotep who is believed to be one of ancient Egypts first queens through to Hatsheput and Nefertiti.
Britain’s Celtic warrior queen
Despite being the daughter of a bear-trainer and an actress, Empress Theodora became one of the most powerful women of the Byzantine Empire. And she was a champion of women’s rights, too!
Gunnhild was an infamous Viking queen who made many enemies.
