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ancient monarchs
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englands queens
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female monarchs
feminist history
forthcoming
Matrilineality
patriarchal succession
Patrilineality
what if
women in history
womens history
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- ISBN 9781837052615
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 11 Jun 2026
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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'A fantastic, feminist dance through history.' - Julia Quinn, author of Bridgerton
What queens would England have had if firstborn daughters, not firstborn sons, had inherited the throne?
We may think of princesses as dutiful and elegant, wearing long flowing dresses, but the eldest daughters of England’s kings have been very different.
Political intriguers. Abducted nuns who demanded divorces. Murderers.
It’s time we rediscovered the politicians we lost, the masterminds we see negotiating nunneries not armies, the personalities shining brilliantly even hundreds of years later: the queens who should have been.
Let’s meet them.
EMILY MURDOCH PERKINS is an historian and author with a varied career to date: from medieval manuscripts to researching documentaries to marketing, and now, historical non-fiction. She lives with her supportive husband, eats more cheese than is good for her, and is attempting not to buy another sword.
