From the bestselling author of A History of Britain in 21 WomenThe history of the world is the history of great women. Marie Curie discovered radium and revolutionised medical science. Empress Cixi
I was ten years old when I came across Boadicea, and she became the first woman to make me realise that the designated future of a girl born in 1950 – to be sweet, domesticated, undemanding and super