HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 21 WOMEN

From the bestselling author and BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour broadcaster, here is the history of the world in the history of 21 great women. Marie Curie discovered radium and revolutionised medical science. Empress Cixi transformed China. Frida Kahlo turned an unflinching eye on life and death. Anna Politkovskaya dared to speak truth to power, no matter the cost. Their names should be shouted from the rooftops, and they include Pharaoh Hatsheput, Joan of Arc, Isabella of Castille, Atemesia Gentileschi, Catherine the Great, Clara Shumann, Coco Chanel, Golda Meir, and Margaret Atwood among them . 'Ambitious, engaging and accessible. Who better than Jenni Murray to curate this whistle-stop tour of the globe and introduce twenty-one women who in different times and different places dared to be different?' - Dr Anna Whitelock. Paperback, illus, 298 pages.