{"product_id":"divide-and-rule-royal-women-and-their-battles","title":"Divide and Rule: Royal Women and Their Battles","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCatherine Mayer is a bestselling nonfiction author, novelist and an award-winning journalist, whose career spans stints at the \u003cem\u003eEconomist\u003c\/em\u003e and as the editor of \u003cem\u003eTIME\u003c\/em\u003e magazine in Europe. She co-founded the Women's Equality Party and Primadonna Festival. Her biography, \u003cem\u003eCharles: The Heart of a King\u003c\/em\u003e, generated worldwide headlines with its claims of dysfunction in the royal courts. She has participated in many documentaries on royalty and appeared on a wide range of broadcast outlets across the world, joining the ITV News teams for special coverage marking the the death of Elizabeth II and coronation of Charles III.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Charles: The Heart of A King: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA must-read ... this important book is nothing short of a manual to our future King's world-view ... and Mayer's book is the first comprehensive attempt to explore and explain what may lie ahead. ― \n\u003cem\u003eGQ\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrimarily a celebration of a very special man. ― \n\u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Attack of The 50ft Woman: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Empowering and full of hope, Attack of the 50ft Women made me feel 50ft tall. Glass ceilings beware.\" - Sarah Shaffi, editor at \n\u003cem\u003eThe Bookseller\u003c\/em\u003e and writer for \n\u003cem\u003eStylist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Electrifying. Full of chutzpah, knowledge and vision.\" - Elif Shafak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Comprehensive, wide-ranging and journalistically rigorous. Attack of the 50Ft Women is an important and timely book.\" - \n\u003cem\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePromotional Headline\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover the real lives of royal women past and present with this groundbreaking, feminist analysis of the British monarchy - new for 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGlobally famous and yet universally misunderstood - these are the complex and utterly engrossing stories of Britain's royal women behind the public façade. \n\u003cem\u003eSaints or sinners? Perfect princesses or difficult duchesses? Monarchy's saviours or its destroyers? \u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey rank among the world's most famous women - and the most misunderstood. Throughout history, royal women have been sanitised and sanctified by supporters, distorted and demonised by critics, pitted against each other, and misrepresented by the media.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this extraordinary portrait, journalist Catherine Mayer examines the lives of the central players, and the echoes and parallels that have run throughout history. The stories of Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I, Victoria, Elizabeth II, Diana, Camilla, Kate and Meghan uncovered by Catherine Mayer are far more fascinating, poignant, surprising and enraging than any of the myths. \u003cem\u003eDivide and Rule\u003c\/em\u003e reveals these extraordinary women in all their complexity, charting their achievements, quirks, kindnesses, cruelties and profound influence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on key sources, many of whom have never spoken publicly before, this book also demonstrates the ways in which history repeats itself - to the detriment not only of royal women but all of us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"HQ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496049705238,"sku":"9780008730178","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780008730178.jpg?v=1783051741","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/divide-and-rule-royal-women-and-their-battles","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}