Regina: A New History of Women and Power Eliza Clark full of tension to the

full of tension to the very last page

author of The Power

‘Enthralling and epic’ ANNA DAY

But the 'Big Network' is threatened at every turn and when the Germans inevitably close in Mathilde makes a desperate compromise

and yet many still remind us that some things never change: we are still fascinated by narratives of murder and true crime

Regina: A New History of Women and Power Eliza Clark full of tension to theFrom Cleopatra to Grace Kelly, an epic new history of royal women that shatters the myths we have built around them. Stories about royal women form some of our most foundational myths about femininity, and yet their legacies have been almost entirely constructed by the words and images of men. In Regina, celebrated historian Kate Williams leads us deep into the world of queens, empresses, princesses, mistresses and ladies in waiting, uncovering how