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Good. A great breadth of “princesses” (the term is used loosely on occasion) from around the globe and at many different points in recorded history. The book is organized into rough categories like princesses who seized power, princesses who were insane, princesses who weren’t princesses (I.e. who were faking it), etc. It gets a bit bloody at times.
Just an FYI that the tone felt oddly fat-shaming at times and the author uses g*psy as a descriptor (and not as a reference to Roma/Romani people ei ...more
Just an FYI that the tone felt oddly fat-shaming at times and the author uses g*psy as a descriptor (and not as a reference to Roma/Romani people ei ...more
I really quite enjoyed this collection of short biographies. It's not exactly a feminist's dream collection of women from history, but the author does a great job separating fact (or what is most likely fact) from myth or convenient fiction. And most importantly, it's well-written and often funny.
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