Helen Castor: 3 books
She-Wolves
The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
“Helen Castor has an exhilarating narrative gift. . . . Readers will love this book, finding it wholly absorbing and rewarding.” —Hilary Mantel, Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall
In the tradition of Antonia Fraser, David Starkey, and Alison Weir, prize-winning historian Helen...
Joan of Arc
A History
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
From the author of the acclaimed She-Wolves, the complex, surprising, and engaging story of one of the most remarkable women of the medieval world—as never told before.
Helen Castor tells afresh the gripping story of the peasant girl from Domremy who hears voices from God, leads the French...
Elizabeth I (Penguin Monarchs)
A Study in Insecurity
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
'The experience of insecurity, it turned out, would shape one of the most remarkable monarchs in England's history'
In the popular imagination, as in her portraits, Elizabeth I is the image of monarchical power. But this image is as much armour as a reflection of the truth. In this illuminating...