The mammoth book of heroic & outrageous women

Author(s)

• Alexander, Gemma

Bibliographic Information

The mammoth book of heroic & outrageous women

edited by Gemma Alexander

Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1999

1st Carroll & Graf ed

Other Title

Mammoth book of heroic and outrageous women

Heroic & outrageous women

Heroic and outrageous women

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Description and Table of Contents

Description

Astounding adventures, reckless courage, and fierce independence are hardly the exclusive preserve of men, as this intriguing and surprising collection shows: courtesans from Nell Gwynne to Madame de Pompadour; femme fatales such as the pistol-packing concubine Lola Montez and Clara Bow, the It girl who turned Hollywood into her own party; the outlaws Phoolan "the Bandit Queen" Devi and seafaring, ship-raiding Anne Bonney; and heroines from the ancient British Queen Boadicea to Nancy Wake, who, dressed as a man, led a bazooka-assault against a Nazi redoubt in World War II.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB15165708
• ISBN:
  • 0786706953
• LCCN: 00265945
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 501 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : CT3202
  • DC21 : 920.72
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Women -- Biography
  • LCSH : Women heroes -- Biography