Daughters of time
By: edited by Mary Hoffman
Publisher: Templar Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Dorking
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781848771697
Subjects: English Biographical fiction; Children's stories, English
Description: Be surprised, as you look afresh at the stories of some of history's most remarkable women, as imagined by the finest female authors of historical fiction for children. Be enthralled, as you encounter both famous figures and lesser-known heroines from across the ages, from warrior queens to anti-nuclear activists. But most of all ... be inspired.
Table of contents: title: Tasca's secret / by Katherine Roberts (Queen Boudica); title: The lady of the Mercians / by Sue Purkiss (Aethelflaed); title: The queen's treasure / by Adèle Geras (Eleanor of Aquitaine); title: All shall be well / by Katherine Langrish (Julian of Norwich); title: Learn to die / by Mary Hoffman (Lady Jane Grey); title: The phoenix bride / by Dianne Hofmer (Elizabeth Stuart); title: A night at the theatre / by Marie-Louise Jensen (Aphra Behn); title: An unimportant woman / by Penny Dolan (Mary Wollstonecraft); title: Best after storms / by Joan Lennon (Mary Anning); title: The lad that stands before you / by Catherine Johnson (Mary Seacole); title: Return to Victoria / by Celia Rees (Emily Davison); title: The colours of the day / by Anne Rooney (Amy Johnson); title: Please can I have a life? / by Leslie Wilson (The Greenham Common Women).