Laneyun's votes on the list Biographies of Powerful Women

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1	Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 123,176 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt by Joyce A. Tyldesley 4.08 avg rating — 2,529 ratings Laneyun rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney 3.66 avg rating — 7,747 ratings Laneyun rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie 3.94 avg rating — 108,229 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Queen of Our Times: The Life of Queen Elizabeth II by Robert Hardman 4.32 avg rating — 1,929 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Empress: The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan by Ruby Lal 3.82 avg rating — 851 ratings Laneyun rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior by Catherine Hanley 4.20 avg rating — 946 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Empress Matilda: Queen Consort, Queen Mother and Lady of the English by Marjorie Chibnall 3.92 avg rating — 135 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Tigress of Forlì: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici by Elizabeth Lev 4.07 avg rating — 2,881 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England by Alison Weir 3.77 avg rating — 7,907 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth by Helen Castor 4.04 avg rating — 8,542 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Isabella of Castile: Europe's First Great Queen by Giles Tremlett 4.13 avg rating — 651 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Isabella of Castile: The First Renaissance Queen by Nancy Rubin Stuart (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 140 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Isabella: The Warrior Queen by Kirstin Downey (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 3,098 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily by Nancy Goldstone (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 1,842 ratings Laneyun added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	In the Shadow of the Empress: The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters by Nancy Goldstone (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 1,287 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Time by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger 4.34 avg rating — 136 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Cleopatra's Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen by Jane Draycott 3.78 avg rating — 783 ratings Laneyun rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Uncrowned Queen: The Treacherous Life of Margaret Beaufort, Tudor Rebel by Nicola Tallis 4.16 avg rating — 1,039 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life by Alison Weir 3.93 avg rating — 16,685 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biography by Marion Meade 4.08 avg rating — 1,404 ratings Laneyun added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir 4.03 avg rating — 32,791 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Life and Times of Elizabeth I (Life and Times Series) by Neville Williams 3.76 avg rating — 113 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Behind the Mask: The Life of Queen Elizabeth I by Jane Resh Thomas 3.86 avg rating — 228 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Wu: The Chinese Empress Who Schemed, Seduced and Murdered Her Way to Become a Living God by Jonathan Clements 3.79 avg rating — 350 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang 3.91 avg rating — 10,709 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Women Leaders of China: Soong May-Ling, Jiang Qing, Wu Zetian, Empress Dowager CIXI, Princess Taiping, Empress Lu Zhi, Empress Dowager Hu by Books LLC it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Great Catherine: The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia by Carolly Erickson 3.84 avg rating — 1,401 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire by Jack Weatherford 3.93 avg rating — 4,700 ratings Laneyun added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Margaret of York: The Diabolical Duchess by Christine Weightman 3.80 avg rating — 152 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Joan of Arc: A History by Helen Castor 3.75 avg rating — 2,382 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Maid and the Queen: The Secret History of Joan of Arc by Nancy Goldstone (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 1,397 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured by Kathryn Harrison 3.45 avg rating — 1,139 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Agrippina: Empress, Exile, Hustler, Whore by Emma Southon 4.20 avg rating — 2,985 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Agrippina: Sex, Power, and Politics in the Early Empire by Anthony A. Barrett 3.95 avg rating — 141 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Domina: The Women Who Made Imperial Rome by Guy de la Bédoyère 3.89 avg rating — 424 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World by Honor Cargill-Martin (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 926 ratings Laneyun rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Victoria The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire by Julia Baird 4.11 avg rating — 12,214 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Mary Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser 3.99 avg rating — 17,465 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 29,187 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	The Life and Times of Victoria by Dorothy Marshall 3.56 avg rating — 63 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Elizabeth: The Struggle for the Throne by David Starkey 4.01 avg rating — 15,743 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France by Leonie Frieda 3.96 avg rating — 8,547 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Empress of the East: How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire by Leslie P. Peirce 3.77 avg rating — 777 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Empress Zenobia: Palmyra's Rebel Queen by Patricia Southern 3.57 avg rating — 30 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Young Victoria by Deirdre Murphy 4.64 avg rating — 25 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Theodora: Actress, Empress, Saint by David Stone Potter 3.58 avg rating — 117 ratings Laneyun added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Boudica: The Life and Legends of Britain's Warrior Queen by Vanessa Collingridge 3.53 avg rating — 482 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Boudica: Warrior Woman of Roman Britain by Caitlin C. Gillespie 3.45 avg rating — 115 ratings Laneyun added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Sabina Augusta: An Imperial Journey by T. Corey Brennan 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings Laneyun added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Cleopatra: A Biography by Duane W. Roller 3.83 avg rating — 566 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Turia: A Roman Woman's Civil War by Josiah Osgood 3.70 avg rating — 27 ratings Laneyun added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	BERENICE II AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF PTOLEMAIC EGYPT by Dee L. Clayman 3.37 avg rating — 19 ratings Laneyun added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Faustina I and II: Imperial Women of the Golden Age by Barbara Levick liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating Laneyun added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Cleopatra's Daughter and Other Royal Women of the Augustan Era by Duane W. Roller 4.23 avg rating — 35 ratings Laneyun added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Eurydice and the Birth of Macedonian Power by Elizabeth Donnelly Carney 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings Laneyun added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Zenobia: Shooting Star of Palmyra by Nathanael J. Andrade 3.40 avg rating — 25 ratings Laneyun added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Olympias: Mother of Alexander the Great by Elizabeth Carney 4.10 avg rating — 62 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Young Elizabeth: Elizabeth I and Her Perilous Path to the Crown by Nicola Tallis 4.33 avg rating — 406 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Young Elizabeth: Princess. Prisoner. Queen. by Nicola Tallis 4.33 avg rating — 406 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Isabella d’Este: A Renaissance Princess by Christine Shaw 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh by Joyce A. Tyldesley 3.92 avg rating — 837 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt by Joyce A. Tyldesley 3.98 avg rating — 696 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Nefertiti: Unlocking the Mystery Surrounding Egypt's Most Famous and Beautiful Queen by Joyce A. Tyldesley 3.93 avg rating — 663 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Arsinoë of Egypt and Macedon: A Royal Life by Elizabeth Donnelly Carney 4.10 avg rating — 39 ratings Laneyun added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Perpetua: Athlete of God by Barbara K. Gold 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings Laneyun added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Clodia Metelli: The Tribune's Sister by Marilyn B. Skinner 4.41 avg rating — 39 ratings Laneyun added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Galla Placidia: The Last Roman Empress by Hagith Sivan 3.35 avg rating — 26 ratings Laneyun added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher by Edward J. Watts 3.86 avg rating — 197 ratings Laneyun added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Monica: An Ordinary Saint by Gillian Clark 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings Laneyun added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen of France and England, Mother of Empires by Sara Cockerill 4.13 avg rating — 93 ratings Laneyun added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars