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Head of Zeus The Dark Queens. A gripping tale of power, ambition and murderous rivalry in early medieval France Puhak Shelley

Head of Zeus The Dark Queens. A gripping tale of power, ambition and murderous rivalry in early medieval France Puhak Shelley

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A vivid double biography of two fearless early medieval queens • Brunhild was a Visigothic princess, raised to be married off for the sake of alliance-building. Her sister-in-law Fredegund started out as a lowly palace slave. And yet – in sixth-century Merovingian France, where women were excluded from noble succession and royal politics was a blood sport – these two iron-willed strategists reigned over vast realms for decades, changing the face of Europe. After Brunhild's and Fredegund's deaths, however, their stories were rewritten, their names consigned to slander and legend • From the tangled primary evidence of Merovingian sources, award-winning writer Shelley Puhak weaves a gripping and intricate tale, its characters driven by ambition, lust and jealousy to acts of treachery and murderous violence подробнее
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