Legenda: The Real Women Behind the Myths that Shaped Europe Jane Austen's Bookshelf Her mother has stopped work

Her mother has stopped work to devote herself full-time to her daughter's care

But the harmonious image conceals a very different reality

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a convict in Van Dieman's Land who fell in love with a black woman and discovered too late that to love is not safe

Legenda: The Real Women Behind the Myths that Shaped Europe Jane Austen's Bookshelf Her mother has stopped workFrom the bestselling author of FEMINA, a brilliant reappraisal of the medieval women whose lives have been exploited over centuries for political, nation building ends. In LEGENDA, bestselling historian Professor Janina Ramirez peels back the layers of time to reveal how the identities of women have been co opted by those intent on crafting national identities. Their names are well known, and summaries of their achievements have been recited in