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In 1673, fifteen-year-old Maria d’Este travelled from Italy to marry James, Duke of York, the future King of England and a man twenty-five years her senior. Thrust from a pious life on the path to become a nun, at the debauched court of Charles II she set about recreating the world she’d left behind – a world where women were highly educated, exercised power and celebrated art and artists with concentrated patronage.

The brilliant untold story of three daughters of diplomacy: Anna Roosevelt, Sarah Churchill, and Kathleen Harriman, glamorous, fascinating young women who accompanied their famous fathers to the Yalta Conference with Stalin in the waning days of World War II. With victory close at hand, the...

Discover the untold stories of the women who helped shape a nation. Women in American History by Grace Humphrey offers an inspiring look into the lives of extraordinary women from America’s earliest days through the 19th century. From Pocahontas, who forged an unlikely bond between Native Americans and English settlers, to Sacajawea, whose guidance proved pivotal to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, these accounts highlight courage, vision, and perseverance.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking backstairs look at the White House, The Residence, comes an intimate, news-making look at the true modern power brokers at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: the First Ladies, from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama. One of the most...

The untold story of the three intelligent and glamorous young women who accompanied their famous fathers to the Yalta Conference in February 1945, and of the conference’s fateful reverberations in the waning days of World War II. Tensions during the Yalta Conference in February 1945 threatened...

In the 1970s, a new wave of feminism was sweeping America. But in the boys’ club of banking and finance, women were still infantilized—no credit without a male cosigner, and their income was dismissed as unreliable. If bankers weren’t going to accommodate women, then women had to take control of their own futures. In 1978 in Denver, Colorado, the opening of the Women’s Bank changed everything.

“I will not be triumphed over.” Step into a realm where ambition sparks and kingdoms teeter on the edge—where Cleopatra VII is more than a distant legend. She’s a fearless ruler forging her destiny against Rome’s unstoppable might. Whether you know her from Hollywood whispers or dusty textbooks,this immersive audiobook dismantles every cliché and pulls you into the raw heart of an empire’s final stand. Inside This Audiobook: A Ruthless Court: Assassins. Rivals. Political vipers hiding behind marble columns.