30 books about Herstory to enjoy!
Over the last few months, I have received some really lovely emails from many of you, asking if I could please post a list of books I would recommend about women in history. So here it is.
This list is a selection of some of my favourite books. Some are about women in history and others, are written by women in history. In my humble opinion, I believe these works keep their relevance and importance despite their age and the passage of time.
As I have referred to, in most of my blogs and in my book The Hidden Camino, too much research is still avoiding discussing the problematic pre-conceived narratives with regards to women (and gender) in history.
Therefore, I am inviting you to join a lifelong adventure in exploring the narratives of our history – in all its colours. It’s not about reaching ‘the perfect place of absolute truth,’ as this fantasy simply doesn’t exist (please read The Hidden Camino for further explanation.)
Instead, I would like to encourage you to allow this magnificent journey to unfold, as you learn to see with new eyes, to wonder, and feel compelled to ask new questions. It’s both an individual and a collective journey towards a much deeper understanding of who we are, and where we come from.
Happy exploring.
xo Louise
The book list.
Blixen, Karen. Out of Africa, 2011, Penguin Books
Blixen, Karen (Isaak Dinesen.) Babette’s Feast and Other Stories, 2013, Penguin Books
Borman, Tracy. Elizabeth’s Women, 2010, Vintage Publishing
Carter, Jimmy. A Call to Action – Women, Religion, Violence, and Power, 2014, Simon & Schuster
Cooney, Kara. When Women ruled the world, 2010, National Geographic Society
Cooney, Kara. The Woman Who Would be King, 2015, Crown Publishing Group
Cooper, Ellis. Band of Angels – The forgotten world of early Christian women, 2013, Atlantic Books
Corelli, Marie. A Romance of Two Worlds, 2021, Edinburgh University Press
Cross, Donna W., Pope Joan, 1996, Ballantine Books
Diamant, Anita. The Red Tent, 2014, St. Martin’s Press
Ellis, Peter B., Celtic Women, 1995, Constable and Company Ltd
Foster, Judy: M. Derlet. Invisible Women of Prehistory, 2013, Spinifex
Frieda, Leonie. Catherine de Medici – Renaissance Queen of France, 2006, HarperCollins
Gero, Joan: Margaret Conkey. Engendering Archaeology – Women and Prehistory, 1991, Blackwell Publishers
Helminski, Camille. Women of Sufism – A Hidden Treasure, 2003, Shambhala
Herman, Eleanor. Mistress of the Vatican, 2008, Harper Perennial
Jennings, Victoria. God as Mother, 2002, Inner Search Books
Parker, K. L. Wise women of the Dreamtime, 1993, Inner Traditions International
Parker, Rozsika: Pollock, G. Old Mistresses – Women, Art and Ideology, 2013, I.B.Tauris
Lagerlof, Selma. The Wonderful Adventure of Nils Holgersson, 2018, Penguin Classics
Lindgren, Astrid. Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter, 2001, Penguin Putnam
Robin Cross: R. Miles. Warrior Women, 2011, Quercus
Robson, Pamela. Wild Women, 2011, Murdoch Books
Spike, Michele. Tuscan Countess, 2004, Vendome
Stein, Gertrude. Selective Writings of Gertrude Stein, 1990, Random House
Stradling, J. Bad Girls & Wicked Women, 2008, Murdoch Books
Swan, Laura, The Wisdom of the Beguines, 2014, Bluebridge
Thompson, Kate. The Doorstep Society, 2019, Penguin Books
Tracy, Jann. Marie Corelli: Shakespeare’s Companion, 2017, Walking Stork Publications
Wallach, Janet. Desert Queen, 2004, Orion books
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