- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Quercus (3 Mar 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 085738077X
- ISBN-13: 978-0857380777
- Product Dimensions: 25 x 19 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 333,855 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From earliest times, women gained access to leadership in times of conflict and proved themselves equal to the challenge of commanding during war. Women leaders abounded in the ancient world from Ireland to Israel, sometimes through the accident of birth, but often rising to power through naked opportunism and raw courage in the ranks - and it is no accident that women war leaders, like men, are often famous for their strong sexual drive. Wherever there is war, there has often been a woman at the helm. Later ages frequently wrote these women out of history, but their stories have refused to die. From the legendary leader of the Amazons who fought the greatest of Greek heroes, Achilles, to the Iron Ladies of today, the women of both West and East directing military campaigns and leading their countries in war. Presenting an array of fascinating and sometimes little known women war leaders, popular author Rosalind Miles and the acclaimed military historian Robin Cross do full justice to the achievements of these women, some of whose amazing stories have so far never been told. Warrior women include: Penthesilea the Amazons queen, Deborah, Cleopatra VII, Boudicca, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Joan of Arc, Elizabeth I, Grace O'Malley, Deborah Samson, Nadezda Durova, Harriet Tubman, Anna Etheridge, Soldaderas, Flora Sandes, Lily Litvak, Women of the Warsaw Ghetto, Hanna Reitsch, Ruth Werner, Jeanne Holm, Margaret Thatcher, Women in Today's Armies, Martha McSally and more...
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'They fought like devils, far better than the men.' So George Clemenceau, then mayor of Montmartre, recalled the women of the Paris Commune who manned the barricades at France's republican uprising of 1871. Fighting to the last under a relentless bombardment as government troops stormed the city, they died like men too. History has seen many such acts of courage, daring and self-sacrifice. In Warrior Women readers will see some familiar names, although treated in an unfamiliar context: the military exploits of Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Elizabeth I and Catherine the Great can all be found here. Also present are lesser known but extraordinary stories, such as the redoubtable British heroine Pearl Witherington who commanded a French Resistance force of over a thousand men during the closing stages of the Second World War, and Susan Travers, the only woman to have joined the French Foreign Legion. Popular author Rosalind Miles and acclaimed military historian Robin Cross paint vivid portraits of the lives of over 100 extraordinary women across 3,000 years of history. Ranging from the 'killer queen' Boudicca who wreaked brutal vengeance on the Roman Empire for insults against her family and her tribe, to modern-day warrior queens such as Golda Meir and Margaret Thatcher, and from the British master spy Virginia Hall, to Second World War air ace Hanna Reitsch, Warrior Women restores women's deeds in wartime to their rightful place of honour and prominence. It is a fitting testament to all those women who have ever gone to war and who even now take up arms in the battle-scarred places of the world.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Whilst there are an absolute ton of books on Heroes (mainly male) there are very few that sing the praises of the heroine which is what intrigued me so much about this title by Rosalind Miles and Robin Cross. Within this title the reader gets the life story of many heroines, from Boudicca to Eleanor of Aquitaine from Lilya Latvak to Jeanne Holme, there's a heroine for all.
Whilst this is quite easy to dip into each separate chapter brings each of the subjects lives together succinctly so that the reader can learn a lot about these notable women that might otherwise have escaped their attention. It's beautifully written and whilst I may have originally been ignorant of a good few, the title has inspired me to do a bit more research into a number of them. Add to this illustrations/photographs of the subject matter and you know that it's a title that will be utilised time and again. either just to satisfy some curiosity or as material to help inspire either a writer or a young historian. Great stuff.
Whilst this is quite easy to dip into each separate chapter brings each of the subjects lives together succinctly so that the reader can learn a lot about these notable women that might otherwise have escaped their attention. It's beautifully written and whilst I may have originally been ignorant of a good few, the title has inspired me to do a bit more research into a number of them. Add to this illustrations/photographs of the subject matter and you know that it's a title that will be utilised time and again. either just to satisfy some curiosity or as material to help inspire either a writer or a young historian. Great stuff.
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A few pages into the book, I began to question the author's sources, as the information presented, often in a very general manner lacking details, contrasted with much knowledge I had already stored in my memory from previous history reads. I flipped to the end only to discover that the images were all credited, but not a single source was given for any of the mythology or history in the book.
For a work that seems like its goal is to show that women have indeed had an impact on history and warfare, the author lends no credit to their topic with their poorly researched, conversationally written prose. The work lacks any semblance of authenticity, and serves rather to imply the opposite of their goal - many powerful women, both historical and questionably mythological, have existed throughout history. Why can the author not cite a primary source? The assumption immediately becomes that there is actually a lack of proof, and that to fill this tome, much had to be "made up." This is false, but one couldn't tell from this book.
A terrible book. Poorly written, full of error, and not even a good resource for a general knowledge of powerful female figures. The language is often sexist (but how can a book written by women be sexist? I hear you say) and a facsimile of "female empowerment." Instead, it's embarrassing.
For a work that seems like its goal is to show that women have indeed had an impact on history and warfare, the author lends no credit to their topic with their poorly researched, conversationally written prose. The work lacks any semblance of authenticity, and serves rather to imply the opposite of their goal - many powerful women, both historical and questionably mythological, have existed throughout history. Why can the author not cite a primary source? The assumption immediately becomes that there is actually a lack of proof, and that to fill this tome, much had to be "made up." This is false, but one couldn't tell from this book.
A terrible book. Poorly written, full of error, and not even a good resource for a general knowledge of powerful female figures. The language is often sexist (but how can a book written by women be sexist? I hear you say) and a facsimile of "female empowerment." Instead, it's embarrassing.
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