How did she become this woman, the epitome of everything she was conditioned to strive not to be? She is alone, she has no job and, as she is constantly reminded by her community, she is pretty much worthless and unloveable. To the Coloured people she grew up around, she is a jintoe, a jezebel, jas, a woman with mileage on the pussy. Shana Fife captures all the darkness from her body, psyche and life with fearless honesty and transparency.' – Frazer Barry, award-winning theatre practitioner, writer and musicianīy the time Shana Fife is 25 she has two kids from different fathers. 'Ougat is masterfully written – raw, unpretentious, unsettling. There's an entire generation of South African women who ought to read this book.' – Sara-Jayne King, author of Killing Karoline Queens Consort dispels many of the myths that have surrounded these women for centuries, while simultaneously illuminating lesser-known facts about their lives. Lisa Hilton’s Queens Consort vividly evokes the lives and times of England’s first queens, from Matilda of Flanders and the Norman conquest of England to Elizabeth of York and the beginning of the Tudor dynasty. By profiling twenty different queens, Hilton provides an intricate and dramatic composite of the English monarch: from the ruthless Isabella of France, who violently gained control of England by dispatching Edward II, to the beloved Matilda of Scotland, known for her intelligence and devotion despite her philandering husband, Henry I and from a girl who was crowned at the age of nine to a commoner who climbed the social ladder at the most opportune moment. Summary “A compelling trek through English history in the company of some remarkable women.” -Kirkus Reviews Though their royal husbands occupy the lion’s share of history books, the queens of early England are fascinating subjects in their own right.
Queens Consort - England's Medieval Queens from Eleanor of Aquitaine to Elizabeth of York Lisa Hilton Sorry, the publisher does not allow users to read this book from the country from which you are connecting.
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