Uppity Women of Ancient Times - Softcover

Leon, Vicki

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1573240109 ISBN 13: 9781573240109

Publisher: Conari Pr, 1995

Synopsis

Uppity Women of Ancient Times presents 200 uproarious pirates, pyramid builders, poets, poisoners, panderers, power brokers, and princesses in a lively, informative, and highly entertaining chronicle of life as it really was. Full of piquant details on sex, sports, madness, celebrities, gossip, and gore, Uppity Women of Ancient Times excavates a myriad of little-known facts about biblical babes, classical consorts, and Mesopotamian maids for the armchair archaeologist in all of us.

About this title

From Booklist:

Okay, you've heard of Sappho, Nefertiti, maybe even the pharaoh Hatshepsut and the warrior queen Tomyris. But what about the murderous Macedonian queen Arsinoe, the Talmudic teacher Beruria, the Greek priestess Lysimache, or Audata-Eurydice, Philip of Macedon's horse-riding Illyrian queen? And then there is Kisaya, a Sumerian slave who sued for the right to choose her own husband. Leon has collected hundreds of historical women's names and the facts about the lives of those who bore them. Where very little is known, she fleshes out the text with fascinating cultural tidbits. Rendered in a zippy tone, such stuff makes delightful reading. Patricia Monaghan

Review:

200 pyramid builders, poets, princesses and other women in positions of power over the centuries are profiled in a series of biographies concentrating on unusual women. Uppity Women of Ancient Times is an excellent, fun title which is packed with information on women who influenced history and created lasting names for themselves. -- Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Conari Pr
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1573240109
• ISBN 13: 9781573240109
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 237