{"product_id":"regina-the-queens-who-could-have-been-9781803995601","title":"Regina: The Queens Who Could Have Been","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat queens would England have had if firstborn daughters, not firstborn sons, had inherited the throne?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e We may think of princesses as dutiful, marital conveniences to build alliances, wearing long flowing dresses, but the eldest daughters of our kings have been very different. \u003cp\u003e Political intriguers. Abducted nuns who demanded divorces. Murderers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Our princesses have been mothers willing to risk anything for their children, wives who followed their husbands to the very ends of earth, and spinsters who demanded their intellectual and societal freedom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book explores what it meant to be royal, how sons came to be valued higher than daughters, and just how England might have looked under a royal matriarchy. The politicians we lost, the masterminds we see negotiating nunneries not armies, the personalities shining brilliantly even hundreds of years later: the Queens who should have been. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Let's meet them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily Murdoch Perkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.58h x 5.67w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803995601","brand":"History Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44383849578633,"sku":"9781803995601","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_0f5b5805-ec34-4a7b-aec5-fde21d0257f4.jpg?v=1752013386","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/regina-the-queens-who-could-have-been-9781803995601","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}