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Queens

A roll call of women who ruled kingdoms across the centuries and continents, this book celebrates 30 queens, both famous and obscure, from Cleopatra and Elizabeth I to the chief of the Native American Crow tribe and Empress Wu Zetian of China's Tang Dynasty. Age 8+
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Product information:
  • Publisher: Scholastic
  • Year: 2020
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 158pp
  • Illustrated: Yes
  • Dimensions: 251x195mm
  • ISBN: 9780702301902
  • Condition: New
  • Weight: 0.7kg
Product code:
541294
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Queens - over 3,000 years
of incredible women who ruled the world!
Celebrating strong, brave women across the centuries
and around the world, Queens tells
their stories of strength and resilience.



Spanning 3,000 years from Cleopatra to the Viking
queens, Queen Nanny of Jamaica to HRH Elizabeth II, discover
new stories about fierce female monarchs.


Full to the brim with striking, vibrant illustrations
and bursting with facts about the queens'
pets, costume, homes, make-up, jewellery, and much much more.



The women featured include:





Queen of Sheba

Cleopatra

Boudicca

Empress Jingu

Queen Septimia Zenobia

Empress Theodora

Empress Wu Zetian

Lady K'Abel

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Queen Tamar

Margaret, Maid of Scotland

Isabella of Castile

Grace O'Malley

Elizabeth I

Queen Nzinga

Queen Christina Alexandra

Queen Nanny

Queen Maria Theresa Habsburg

Catherine the Great

Marie Antionette

Biawacheeitchish

Queen Victoria

Queen Rani Lakshimi Bai

Empress Dowager Cixi

Liliuokalania Hawaii

Queen Yaa Asantewaa

Empress Myeongseong

Tsarina Alexandra Romanov

Elizabeth II
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