{"product_id":"normal-women-900-years-of-making-history","title":"Normal Women : 900 Years of Making History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this ambitious and ground-breaking book, she tells the story of our nation over 900 years, but for the very first time women - some fifty per cent of the population - are no longer invisible in this history of England, but are at its beating heart. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUsing research skills honed in her work as one of our foremost historical novelists, Gregory trawled through court records to find highway women, beggars and shepherdesses, through newspapers and diaries to find murderers and brides, housewives and pirates, female husbands and hermits.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe 'normal women' you will meet in her pages went to war, ploughed the fields, campaigned, wrote, and loved. They rode in jousts, flew Spitfires, issued their own currency and built ships, corn mills and houses as part of their everyday lives They committed crimes, or treason, worshipped many gods, cooked and nursed, invented things and rioted. A lot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThey built our society to be as diverse and varied as the women themselves. They are there in the archives - if you look - and they made our history. 'This radical reframing of conventional history shows the agency, persistence and effectiveness of women in society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Philippa Gregory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44153039749377,"sku":"9780008601690","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-2023-11-04T133940.133.png?v=1699105206","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/normal-women-900-years-of-making-history","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}