The Best Biographies of Brilliant Women

A Listmania! list by Helena Burrows (London)
 
Wild Mary: The Life Of Mary Wesley
1.  Wild Mary: The Life Of Mary Wesley by Patrick Marnham
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  "The private life of a very famous writer, surprising and beautifully written"
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Stolen Time: One Woman's Inspiring Story As An Innocent Condemned To Death
2.  Stolen Time: One Woman's Inspiring Story As An Innocent Condemned To Death by Sunny Jacobs
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  "Moving and uplifting, a sad story about a woman who managed to survive a terrible miscarriage of justice"
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Marie Antoinette
3.  Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser
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  "Elegant writing, captures the period and the trials of her life evocatively"
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The Last Princess: The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria's youngest daughter
4.  The Last Princess: The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria's youngest daughter by Matthew Dennison
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  "Claustrophobic and compelling."
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Lady Hester
5.  Lady Hester by Lorna Gibb
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  "An exciting and compelling story about a truly incredible woman traveller"
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Daphne Du Maurier
6.  Daphne Du Maurier by Daphne Du Maurier
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  "As good as her novels!"
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Mistress Peachum's Pleasure: A Biography of Lavinia, Duchess of Bolton
7.  Mistress Peachum's Pleasure: A Biography of Lavinia, Duchess of Bolton by Lisa Hilton
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  "Lively and scandalous!"
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Josephine: A Life of the Empress
8.  Josephine: A Life of the Empress by Carolly Erickson
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  "Such an unlikely heroine, yet so well known"
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The Illustrated Virago Book Of Women Travellers
9.  The Illustrated Virago Book Of Women Travellers by Mary Morris
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  "Really a collection of mini biographies but all women who deserve to be remembered and known"
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Landscapes of Memory: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered
10.  Landscapes of Memory: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered by Ruth Kluger
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  "Haunting and personal, everyone should read this, lest we forget..."
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