Normal Women: Making History for 900 Years

Normal Women: Making History for 900 Years - Paperback

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Normal Women: Making History for 900 Years - Paperback

Normal Women: Making History for 900 Years - Paperback

by Philippa Gregory
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Book Overview

The bestselling, critically acclaimed new women's history book from Philippa Gregory - adapted for teen and YA readers!

Shortlisted for the SLA Information Book Award 2026!

Today, when we think of women of the past, we often think of the 1800s and 1900s - crinolines and stage coaches, bonnets and balls - a time when women were told they were naturally inferior to men, and must stay at home while men went out to work and have fun.

HUGE MISTAKE! There is so much more to women's history than bonnets and big dresses! Ordinary women have been doing extraordinary things FOR EVER - it just didn't make the history books (written by men!).

Join multi-award-winning author Philippa Gregory as she tells the story of ordinary English women, making history for 900 years. Meet farmers, highwaywomen, pirates, 'female husbands', slaves, soldiers, criminals, writers, inventors, rioters and more - protesting, working, playing, taking risks, getting rich (and getting even!). Their story is one of ingenuity, diversity, rebellion, survival - and sisterhood.

Adapted by Philippa Gregory from her best-selling, critically acclaimed Normal Women. This edition for younger readers has simplified, age-tailored content, delivered in bitesize sections, and is illustrated throughout by award-winning printmaker Alexis Snell.

Also available as an audio book - shortlisted for the British Audio Awards 2025!

PRAISE FOR NORMAL WOMEN (teen edition):

'Impressively researched, by turns inspiring and chilling ... brilliantly told' - Cressida Cowell

'This book is redemption for unsung female heroes. Prepare to feel aghast, proud and inspired' - Geri Halliwell

'Uplifting and empowering' - Edwina Dunn, The Female Lead

PRAISE FOR NORMAL WOMEN (main edition):

A NEW STATESMEN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023

'A lasting work of social history' THE TIMES

'A genuinely new history of our nation' DAN JONES

'This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history' SPECTATOR

'Philippa Gregory uses all her bestseller skills to weave a narrative with pace' ANTONIA FRASER

'You'll lose count of the number of things you learn about women and their skewed place in history ... the book reframes the past ... an essential read' INDEPENDENT, FIVE-STAR REVIEW
ISBN9780008725075
Author Philippa Gregory
PublisherRed Shed
GenreYoung adult, Biography, and History
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages288
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults and Adults
Print SizeStandard Print

Related Subjects

Young Adult Biography & Autobiography Young Adult History Young Adult Nonfiction Young Adults

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Normal Women: Making History for 900 Years - Paperback

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About Philippa Gregory

Philippa Gregory is the author of many New York Times bestselling novels, including The Other Boleyn Girl, and is a recognized authority on women's history. Many of her works have been adapted for the screen including The Other Boleyn Girl. She graduated from the University of Sussex and received a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, where she is a Regent. She holds honorary degrees from Teesside University and the University of Sussex. She is a fellow of the Universities of Sussex and Cardiff and was awarded the 2016 Harrogate Festival Award for Contribution to Historical Fiction. She is an honorary research fellow at Birkbeck, University of London. She founded Gardens for the Gambia, a charity to dig wells in poor rural schools in The Gambia, and has provided nearly 200 wells. She welcomes visitors to her website PhilippaGregory.com.

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