{"product_id":"normal-women-nine-hundred-years-of-making-history-9780063304338b","title":"Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eINDIE BESTSELLER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe #1 \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e bestselling historical novelist delivers her magnum opus—a landmark work of feminist nonfiction that radically redefines our understanding of the extraordinary roles ordinary women played throughout British history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDid you know that there are more penises than women in the Bayeux Tapestry? That the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 was started and propelled by women who were protesting a tax on women? Or that celebrated naturalist Charles Darwin believed not just that women were naturally inferior to men, but that they’d evolve to become ever more inferior?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are just a few of the startling findings you will learn from reading Philippa Gregory’s\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History\u003c\/span\u003e. In this ambitious and groundbreaking book, she tells the story of England over 900 years, for the very first time placing women—some fifty per cent of the population—center stage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing research skills honed in her work as one of our foremost historical novelists, Gregory trawled through court records, newspapers, and journals to find:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehighwaywomen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebeggars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emurderers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebrides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehousewives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epirates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efemale husbands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehermits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eThe “normal women” you will meet in these pages went to war, plowed the fields, campaigned, wrote, and loved. They rode in jousts, flew Spitfires, issued their own currency, and built ships, corn mills and houses. They committed crimes or treason, worshipped many gods, cooked and nursed, invented things, and rioted. A lot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA landmark work of scholarship and storytelling, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNormal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History\u003c\/span\u003e chronicles centuries of social and cultural change—from 1066 to modern times—powered by the determination, persistence, and effectiveness of women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIncludes illustrations throughout and a full-color insert.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\"An amazing read.\" — \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\"Richly researched . . . Reveals a number of surprising truths.\" — \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\"A triumph of popular history.\" — \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":43022861664336,"sku":"9780063304338B","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/normal-women-nine-hundred-years-of-making-history-9780063304338b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}