Female Rulers
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The White Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #5)
by:
Philippa Gregory
3.94 avg rating — 48,030 ratings 5. 
Victoria The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire
by:
Julia Baird
4.11 avg rating — 11,958 ratings 
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The White Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #2)
by:
Philippa Gregory
3.96 avg rating — 180,697 ratings 8. 
The Boleyn Inheritance (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #10)
by:
Philippa Gregory
3.91 avg rating — 94,355 ratings 9. 
She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
by:
Helen Castor
4.04 avg rating — 8,384 ratings 
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The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
by:
Kara Cooney
3.65 avg rating — 7,513 ratings 12. 
Empress of the East: How a European Slave Girl Became Queen of the Ottoman Empire
by:
Leslie P. Peirce
3.77 avg rating — 744 ratings 13. 
The Constant Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #6)
by:
Philippa Gregory
3.93 avg rating — 166,043 ratings 
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Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics
by:
Jason Porath
4.39 avg rating — 3,444 ratings 
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Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544
by:
Kathryn Lasky
3.94 avg rating — 10,799 ratings 
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The Taming of the Queen (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #12)
by:
Philippa Gregory
3.96 avg rating — 32,327 ratings 26. 
Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History—Without the Fairy-Tale Endings 3.64 avg rating — 7,016 ratings
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The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World
by:
Adrienne Mayor
4.13 avg rating — 1,245 ratings 
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The Crown: The Official Companion, Volume 1: Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, and the Making of a Young Queen (1947-1955)
by:
Robert Lacey
4.06 avg rating — 3,300 ratings 30. 
King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village 3.90 avg rating — 2,537 ratings
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Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy
by:
Sarah Bradford
3.72 avg rating — 4,657 ratings 
38. 
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
by:
Jung Chang
3.91 avg rating — 10,431 ratings 
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When Christ and His Saints Slept (Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 17,210 ratings
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Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile
by:
Julia Fox
3.81 avg rating — 3,483 ratings 47. 
Queens of the Conquest (England's Medieval Queens, #1)
by:
Alison Weir
3.83 avg rating — 2,922 ratings 48. 
The Secret History of the Mongol Queens: How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire
by:
Jack Weatherford
3.93 avg rating — 4,562 ratings 
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Sex with the Queen: 900 Years of Vile Kings, Virile Lovers, and Passionate Politics
by:
Eleanor Herman
3.89 avg rating — 5,179 ratings 51. 
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Queen Isabella: Treachery, Adultery, and Murder in Medieval England
by:
Alison Weir
3.77 avg rating — 7,831 ratings 
53. 
Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia
by:
Janet Wallach
3.81 avg rating — 6,039 ratings 
56. 
The Maid and the Queen: The Secret History of Joan of Arc
by:
Nancy Goldstone
3.84 avg rating — 1,380 ratings 
62. 
This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President 3.99 avg rating — 1,962 ratings
63. 
The Lost Tudor Princess: The Life of Lady Margaret Douglas
by:
Alison Weir
3.69 avg rating — 2,642 ratings 
64. 
Christina, Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric
by:
Veronica Buckley
3.45 avg rating — 502 ratings 
64. 
Egypt's Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth
by:
John Darnell
3.61 avg rating — 642 ratings 64. 
Orchid Muse: A History of Obsession in Fifteen Flowers
by:
Erica Hannickel
3.79 avg rating — 178 ratings 
64. 
Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt: From Early Dynastic Times to the Death of Cleopatra (The Chronicles Series) 4.40 avg rating — 221 ratings
75. 
Big Chief Elizabeth: The Adventures and Fate of the First English Colonists in America
by:
Giles Milton
4.03 avg rating — 1,039 ratings 75. 
Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert and the Death That Changed the Monarchy
by:
Helen Rappaport
3.82 avg rating — 1,362 ratings 
75. 
Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe
by:
Nancy Goldstone
3.89 avg rating — 4,568 ratings 75. 
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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: The Official Biography [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2010] Shawcross, William really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,229 ratings
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Duchessina: A Novel of Catherine de' Medici (Young Royals, #5)
by:
Carolyn Meyer
3.72 avg rating — 1,689 ratings 82. 
The Search for Nefertiti: The True Story of an Amazing Discovery
by:
Joann Fletcher
3.93 avg rating — 542 ratings 82. 
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The Last Empress: The Life and Times of Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarina of Russia
by:
Greg King
4.16 avg rating — 448 ratings 88. 
The Bad Queen: Rules and Instructions for Marie-Antoinette (Young Royals, #6)
by:
Carolyn Meyer
3.94 avg rating — 2,108 ratings 
88. 
The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor: Elizabeth I, Thomas Seymour, and the Making of a Virgin Queen
by:
Elizabeth Norton
3.75 avg rating — 608 ratings 
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Queens of the Age of Chivalry (England's Medieval Queens Book 3)
by:
Alison Weir
4.24 avg rating — 841 ratings 88. 
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Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia, and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots
by:
Nancy Goldstone
4.08 avg rating — 2,446 ratings 97. 
The Wild Queen: The Days and Nights of Mary Queen of Scots (Young Royals, #7)
by:
Carolyn Meyer
3.72 avg rating — 1,565 ratings 
