{"product_id":"2940193365327","title":"Normal Women: Making history for 900 years","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe bestselling, critically acclaimed new women's history book from Philippa Gregory - adapted for teen and YA readers!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH AUDIO AWARDS 2025! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, when we think of women of the past, we often think of the 1800s and 1900s - crinolines and stage coaches, bonnets and balls - a time when women were told they were naturally inferior to men, and must stay at home while men went out to work and have fun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHUGE MISTAKE! \u003c\/strong\u003eThere is so much more to women's history than bonnets and big dresses! Ordinary women have been doing extraordinary things FOR EVER - it just didn't make the history books (written by men!).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoin multi-award-winning author Philippa Gregory as she tells the story of ordinary English women, making history for 900 years. Meet farmers, highwaywomen, pirates, `female husbands', slaves, soldiers, criminals, writers, inventors, rioters and more - protesting, working, playing, taking risks, getting rich (and getting even!). \u003cstrong\u003eTheir story is one of ingenuity, diversity, rebellion, survival - and sisterhood.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAdapted by Philippa Gregory from her best-selling, critically acclaimed \u003c\/em\u003eNormal Women\u003cem\u003e. This edition for younger readers has simplified, age-tailored content, delivered in bitesize sections. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRead by Hannah Berchtold and Philippa Gregory. Shortlisted for Best Audiobook: Young Adult Books at the British Audio Awards (Speakies).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cem\u003eNORMAL WOMEN\u003c\/em\u003e (teen edition):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e`Impressively researched, by turns inspiring and chilling ... brilliantly told' - Cressida Cowell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e`This book is redemption for unsung female heroes. Prepare to feel aghast, proud and inspired' - Geri Halliwell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e`Uplifting and empowering' - Edwina Dunn, The Female Lead\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cem\u003eNORMAL WOMEN\u003c\/em\u003e (main edition):\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNEW STATESMEN \u003c\/em\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`A lasting work of social history' \u003cem\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e`A genuinely new history of our nation' DAN JONES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e`This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history' \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Philippa Gregory uses all her bestseller skills to weave a narrative with pace' ANTONIA FRASER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e`You'll lose count of the number of things you learn about women and their skewed place in history ... the book reframes the past ... an essential read' \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eINDEPENDENT, FIVE-STAR REVIEW\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for young adult and teenage listeners, this nonfiction biography-style journey ranges from mediaeval lives to the modern world, showing how Europe's ordinary women shaped history in ways you've never been taught. From the Sunday Times bestselling author, it's a best-seller in the making-top, latest listening for anyone ready to rethink the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Alison Weir (The Cardinal), Elizabeth Chadwick (The Coming of the Wolf), Tracy Borman (Anne Boleyn \u0026amp; Elizabeth I), Carol Mcgrath (The Lost Queen), and Ken Follett (Circle of Days).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarperCollins 2025\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46329638387953,"sku":"2940193365327","price":18.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940193365327_p0.jpg?v=1765051020","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940193365327","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}