WOMANS LORE (PB)

An absorbing and witty journey which takes readers from ancient Mesopotamia to the present day, and summons a multitude of serpentine succubi, a child-eating wolf-monster of ancient Greece, the Queen of Sheba, a host of vampires, and more. Sarah Clegg shows how these demons of female ritual were appropriated by male-centred societies, before they were eventually recast again as symbols of women's liberation. These ancient and terrifying characters provide fresh insight into attitudes towards womanhood, sexuality and women's rights.