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The fascinating story of how royal power came to lie in female hands for the first time under the Tudor queens - and of the four women who came before them who, whilst never reigning monarchs, held great power. When Edward VI - Henry VIII's longed-for son - died in 1553, extraordinarily, there was no one left to claim the title King of England.

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She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth Helen Castor 4.03 7,769 ratings602 reviews When Edward VI - Henry VIII's longed-for son - died in 1553, extraordinarily, there was no one left to claim the title King of England. For the first time, all the contenders for the crown were female.

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She would rule for just nine days before being defeated in a dramatic coup d'etat by Mary Tudor. On October 1, 1553, Mary became the first woman to wear the crown of England.

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In She-Wolves, celebrated historian, Helen Castor, tells the dramatic and fascinating stories of four exceptional women who, while never reigning queens, held great power: Matilda, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France and Margaret of Anjou. These were women who paved the way for Jane Grey, Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I - the Tudor queens who.

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She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth Helen Castor Faber & Faber, Oct 7, 2010 - History - 763 pages In medieval England, man was the ruler of woman, and the King was the.

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Hester Vaizey hails a vivid portrayal of the queens who thwarted the constraints on their sex It is nearly 10 years since I first stepped into a Cambridge lecture theatre to hear Helen Castor speak on medieval kingship. Engaging, thought-provoking and above all supremely clear - these were the hallmarks of a Castor lecture.

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Helen Castor is a historian of medieval England and a Bye-Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Her first book, Blood and Roses, was long-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize and won the English Association's Beatrice White Prize.Her second book, She-Wolves, was selected as one of the books of the year by The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Independent, Financial Times, and BBC History.

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