If she won, they had to present her with one hundred horses – some versions of the story say one thousand – and she is reputed to have built up her own herd of ten thousand horses. Joyous, celebratory and engaging, this is a book for everyone who has ever wondered how history is made. With toe-tapping music, video, and a few mystery objects - from a 1920s football to a 19th-century sheep - Kate will share, both the story of how she tracked down her long-forgotten relative, novelist Lily Watson (in whose literary footsteps she's walking) and, at the same time, ask how history is made and who gets to make it.

Warrior Queens and Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also Warrior Queens and Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also

Within these pages you'll meet nearly 1000 women whose names deserve to be better known: from the Mothers of Invention and the trailblazing women at the Bar; warrior queens and pirate commanders; the women who dedicated their lives to the natural world or to medicine; those women of courage who resisted and fought for what they believed; to the unsung heroes of stage, screen and stadium. Why not join Kate Mosse in her first ever one-woman show celebrating amazing women, dazzling history, and even get a sneak early preview of Kate’s latest novel? Why not join Kate Mosse in her first ever one-woman show celebrating amazing women, dazzling history, and even get a sneak early preview of Kate's latest novel?

In 1851, she led an all-female army consisting of 6,000 warriors against the Egba fortress of Abeokuta. At her father’s death, Gráinne took the helm as captain of the fleet and became one of the most powerful pirate commanders of the time. Featuring a joyous cast of characters - from the first named author in history to the 19th-century woman who discovered Global Warming - this is an event for everyone, friends and family, parents, and teenagers. Joyous, celebratory and engaging, it is a book for everyone who has ever wondered how history is made. On 13 March 1821, Bouboulina raised the Greek flag and began a naval blockade against the Turkish fleet, playing a key role in their defeat.

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It is also an intensely moving detective story of the author's own family history as Kate Mosse pieces together the forgotten life of her great-grandmother, Lily Watson, a famous and highly-successful novelist in her day who has all but disappeared from the record .The later years of her life remain murky, and she was killed in a domestic dispute rather than in battle, but her legacy as a fearless and courageous woman lives on. Extraordinarily, given how she lived, Gráinne survived into her early seventies, and died of natural causes in 1603. The eldest of the four daughters of Baldwin II, she was raised to succeed her father and her name appeared alongside his on official documents and in diplomatic correspondence.

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Audiences can expect a fabulous theatrical event – part detective story, part love letter to history – packed with fun facts and did-you-knows.You’ll meet the Mothers of Invention and Pirate Queens, the unsung heroines of medicine and science, to those who reached for the stars or took up arms to fight for what they believed in. It’s a celebration of the importance of history, and about how, without knowing where we come from – truthfully and entirely – we cannot know who we are. With toe-tapping music, video, and a few mystery objects – from a 1920s football to an 19th sheep – Kate will both share the story of how she tracked down her long-forgotten relative, novelist Lily Watson (in whose literary footsteps she is walking) and, at the same time, ask how history is made and who gets to make it. Within these pages you’ll meet nearly 1000 women whose names deserve to be better known: from the Mothers of Invention and the trailblazing women at the Bar; warrior queens and pirate commanders; the women who dedicated their lives to the natural world or to medicine; those women of courage who resisted and fought for what they believed; to the unsung heroes of stage, screen and stadium.