{"product_id":"the-dark-queens-the-bloody-rivalry-that-forged-the-medieval-world-paperback","title":"The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShelley Puhak\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A well-researched and well-told epic history. \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Queens\u003c\/i\u003e brings these courageous, flawed, and ruthless rulers and their distant times back to life.\"--Margot Lee Shetterly, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHidden Figures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded immense power, only to be vilified for daring to rule. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrunhild was a foreign 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, changing the face of Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe two queens commanded armies and negotiated with kings and popes. They formed coalitions and broke them, mothered children and lost them. They fought a decades-long civil war--against each other. With ingenuity and skill, they battled to stay alive in the game of statecraft, and in the process laid the foundations of what would one day be Charlemagne's empire. Yet after the queens' deaths--one gentle, the other horrific--their stories were rewritten, their names consigned to slander and legend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Queens\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning writer Shelley Puhak sets the record straight. She resurrects two very real women in all their complexity, painting a richly detailed portrait of an unfamiliar time and striking at the roots of some of our culture's stubbornest myths about female power. \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Queens \u003c\/i\u003eoffers proof that the relationships between women can transform the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShelley Puhak \u003c\/b\u003eis a critically acclaimed poet and writer whose work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLapham's Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTeen Vogue, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Her essays have been included in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Travel Writing \u003c\/i\u003eand selected as Notables in four consecutive editions of \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of two books of poetry, most recently \u003ci\u003eGuinevere in Baltimore\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Anthony Hecht Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Queens\u003c\/i\u003e is her nonfiction debut. She lives in Maryland\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.22 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 11, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52790573236557,"sku":"9781639730759","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/NTNjSzlIbGRtVGFlMnBwTE94c2pjZz09.webp?v=1763441621","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-dark-queens-the-bloody-rivalry-that-forged-the-medieval-world-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}