Women in Power HC25 winner of the Booktrust Story

winner of the Booktrust Story Time Prize 2021

This is the real version of the archetypal master spell book of fantasy that has a place in our collective imagination

and others—and describes what set them all apart

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Women in Power HC25 winner of the Booktrust StoryClassical stories about women who wield power, from the Amazons to Dido to Cleopatra In this fascinating anthology, ancient women threaten male power by stepping into the roles traditionally held by men. They command armies, exercise sexual autonomy, speak in public, issue laws and subject others (even masculine heroes and citizen men) to their control. All of these stories were written by men and none of them can be read as affirmations or