Regina: A New History of Royal Women and Power

From the New York Times bestselling author of Becoming Queen Victoria—an epic new history of royal women, from Cleopatra to Grace Kelly, that shatters the myths we have built around them.

In this enthralling historical journey, celebrated historian Kate Williams leads us into the world of queens, empresses, princesses, mistresses, and ladies-in-waiting. Stories about royal women from some of our most foundational myths about femininity, and yet their legacies have been almost entirely constr...