Normal Women, Extraordinary Stories

Nine centuries of real-life princesses and pirates, rebels and rioters


Philippa Gregory is more well known for her historical novels featuring prominent Englishwomen, but in Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History, she puts the spotlight on lesser-known women throughout nine centuries of British history, from the days of William the Conqueror to the early 1990s.

The book aims to tell the story of Britain through the lives of women and to redefine what "normal" female behaviour entails. It also compels one to wonder what (other) women were up to in one's neck of the woods ages ago and whether they were as rambunctious as some of the ladies in this book.


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Normal Women
900 Years of Making History

Philippa Gregory
William Collins
688 pages
Non-fiction
ISBN: 9780008601713