Nancy Reyering’s Reviews > Memoirs of Marguerite De Valois, Queen of Navarre Complete > Status Update

I absolutely adore this book: the first autobiography written by a woman. And such a notable woman! The level of education of a woman of her class almost 500 years ago is staggering. History written by a woman is vastly more interesting (intrigue, relationships, and yes, battles of historical. Its - but always with the why and the wherefore) than the way it is normally recounted (tales of men, battles, warfare).