NORMAL WOMEN (PB)

In this ambitious book, Philippa Gregory has trawled through court records to find the ‘normal women’ who have shaped the history of England. These women 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. They committed crimes, or treason, worshipped many gods, cooked and nursed, invented things and rioted. A lot. They built our society to be as diverse and varied as the women themselves.