{"product_id":"normal-women-nine-hundred-years-of-making-history-9780063304338","title":"Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eINDIE BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An amazing read.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling historical novelist delivers her magnum opus--a landmark work of feminist nonfiction that radically redefines our understanding of the extraordinary roles ordinary women played throughout British history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid you know that there are more penises than women in the Bayeux Tapestry? That the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 was started and propelled by women who were protesting a tax on women? Or that celebrated naturalist Charles Darwin believed not just that women were naturally inferior to men, but that they'd evolve to become ever more inferior?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are just a few of the startling findings you will learn from reading Philippa Gregory's \u003ci\u003eNormal Women\u003c\/i\u003e. In this ambitious and groundbreaking book, she tells the story of England over 900 years, for the very first time placing women--some fifty per cent of the population--center stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing research skills honed in her work as one of our foremost historical novelists, Gregory trawled through court records, newspapers, and journals to find: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehighwaywomen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebeggars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emurderers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebrides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehousewives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epirates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efemale husbands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehermits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \"normal women\" you will meet in these pages went to war, plowed the fields, campaigned, wrote, and loved. They rode in jousts, flew Spitfires, issued their own currency, and built ships, corn mills and houses. They committed crimes or treason, worshipped many gods, cooked and nursed, invented things, and rioted. A lot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark work of scholarship and storytelling, \u003ci\u003eNormal Women\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles centuries of social and cultural change--from 1066 to modern times--powered by the determination, persistence, and effectiveness of women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eINCLUDES ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT AND A FULL-COLOR INSERT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An expansive, inclusive and elegantly woven nonfiction account of the lives of women in England from the Norman Conquest to the modern day. To describe it as merely a retelling is to undermine a core principle: This is a history of women in England, yes, but it is also a history of England, full stop. . . . At more than 500 pages, with extensive endnotes and a 30-page index, \u003ci\u003eNormal Women\u003c\/i\u003e is a behemoth you may be inclined to skim, until you realize you're actually luxuriating in every word.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperOne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063304338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.31w x 1.55d","brand":"Philippa Gregory","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52604503589045,"sku":"9780063304338","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ae35b329-a21b-4fae-9c5e-02d6244aece3.jpg?v=1780455775","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/normal-women-nine-hundred-years-of-making-history-9780063304338","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}