Rosalind Miles

From earliest times, women gained access to leadership in times of conflict and proved themselves equal to the challenge of commanding during war. Women leaders abounded in the ancient world from Ireland to Israel, sometimes through the accident of birth, but often rising to power through naked opportunism and raw courage in the ranks - and it is no accident that women war leaders, like men, are often famous for their strong sexual drive. Wherever there is war, there has often been a woman at the helm. Later ages frequently wrote these women out of history, but their stories have refused to die. From the legendary leader of the Amazons who fought the greatest of Greek heroes, Achilles, to the Iron Ladies of today, the women of both West and East directing military campaigns and leading their countries in war. Presenting an array of fascinating and sometimes little known women war leaders, popular author Rosalind Miles and the acclaimed military historian Robin Cross do full justice to the achievements of these women, some of whose amazing stories have so far never been told. Warrior women include: Penthesilea the Amazons queen, Deborah, Cleopatra VII, Boudicca, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Joan of Arc, Elizabeth I, Grace OMalley, Deborah Samson, Nadezda Durova, Harriet Tubman, Anna Etheridge, Soldaderas, Flora Sandes, Lily Litvak, Women of the Warsaw Ghetto, Hanna Reitsch, Ruth Werner, Jeanne Holm, Margaret Thatcher, Women in Todays Armies, Martha McSally and more...

They will have to choose between giving us freedom or giving us deathSo said,in 1913 ,the brilliant orator and suffragette ,Emmeline Pankhurst, just one of the inspiring women who won the vote for women. She remains a heroine for those determined to go to any lengths to change our world and one of those inspirational souls who feature in Rosalind Miles gallery of famous, infamous and little-know rebels. We begin with the French Revolution when women took on the fraternite of man, then its off to America to round up the rebels fighting side by side for freedom with their men, before heading back to Britain to witness the courage of the suffragettes. From Australia to Iceland, from India to China and from many other countries, we track women who - often at a very high cost to themselves - have stood up to age-old cruelties and injustices. Recording the important milestones in the long march of women towards equality through a colourful pageant of astonishing women, we chart the birth of modern womanhood. Women in sport, women in business, women in religion, women in politics and women in power - all female life is there. We end in the present day thrilled with what women have done - and can and will do.Give us Freedom is as brave and as brilliant as its heroines.Formerly published as Rebel Women

Una espléndida novela de aventuras que inaugura la trilogía sobre Camelot.Ginebra lleva una vida plácida y feliz en la mítica Camelot, el País del Verano. Su dicha aumenta cuando, pese a la oposición

Galahad, la novela que cierra la magnífica trilogía sobre Camelot.En el corazón de Camelot, el rey Arturo y la reina Ginebra gobiernan una tierra en paz, mientras se preparan para armar caballero a Mordred, hijo y heredero de Arturo, quien se sumara a los caballeros de la Tabla Redonda. Pero en la profundidad de su cueva, Merlin presiente una nueva amenaza que se cierne sobre el rey Arturo. Tras mucho tiempo, el Santo Grial ha surgido a la luz de nuevo, junto con el vaticinio de un misterioso niño que debera encontrarlo para cumplir con su destino.Los enemigos del pasado acechan a Arturo y sus caballeros, mientras la reina cuenta con el amor del caballero Lanzarote del Lago. Sin embargo, la lealtad de Lanzarote se vera cuestionada y Ginebra debera enfrentarse al espectro de una traicion.

La reina Ginebra y el caballero Lanzarote, una de las historias de amor imposible más conocidas de la literatura.La reina Ginebra se debate entre el deber y el destino, entre su amor por Arturo y su

Con esta novela concluye la magnífica trilogía sobre el rey Arturo y Ginebra iniciada con Ginebra y seguida por Lanzarote, publicadas en esta misma colección. Arturo intenta designar a su hijo Mordred como heredero del trono, sin advertir que es un joven malvado y ansioso de venganza. Galahad,hijo de Lanzarote, sera finalmente el elegido. Pero la busqueda final del santo Grial deparara un torrente de aventuras a todos los protagonistas...

Arturo y Ginebra celebran su décimo aniversario de bodas. El reino está en paz y hay nuevos caballeros de la Tabla Redonda. Pero falta algo: Arturo no tiene heredero. El hijo de Arturo y Ginebra murio en una batalla con 7 años. Por lo tanto Merlin se dedica a buscar el hijo que tuvo con Morgana, su primera esposa. Lanzarote esta en Francia, exiliado por Ginebra, quien sabe que si esta cerca no podria resitirse a su amor. Arturo necesita encontrar a su heredero pero Morgana busca su muerte. Finalmente Merlin encuentra al niño, que se llama Mordred. En su cuello lleva la señal de los Pendragons, dos dragones que se comen la cola, y Ginebra lo interpreta como señal de muerte. Para Arturo es la culminacion de su deseo, piensa que podra educarlo para convertirle en un caballero perfecto. Ginebra vuelve a jurar su amor por Arturo creen que ahora nada les dividira. El reino de Camelot seguira.

Ginebra, la legendaria reina de Camelot, responsabiliza a Arturo, su esposo, de la muerte del hijo de ambos. Entre ellos se abre un abismo insalvable... Una magnífica novela de aventuras, inicio de u

En la mítica Inglaterra medieval, Ginebra vive feliz en Camelot, el País del Verano, y su dicha se acrecienta cuando, pese a la oposición de Merlín, se casa con el joven rey Arturo. Sin embargo, cuando años mas tarde Arturo hace que su hijo de siete años le acompañe al campo de batalla y el pequeño muere, Ginebra nunca podra perdonarselo a su esposo. A partir de entonces se desencadenan intrigas y romances inesperados: los caballeros de la Tabla Redonda se dividen en dos bandos, se urden maquinaciones para derrocar a Arturo, Lanzarote irrumpe en la vida de Ginebra como un balsamo de aire fresco

Tercera y última entrega de la trilogía que Rosalind Miles dedica al rey Arturo y a la mítica ciudad de Camelot. Arturo se dispone a nombrar al malvado Mordred heredero del trono, pero la llegada de Galahad, hijo de Lanzarote, cambiará el destino de los caballeros de la Tabla Redonda y les obligará a afrontar nuevos peligros.

Isoldes day has come. In Ireland, her mother, the Queen, lies dying. The throne of the Emerald Isle, one of the last strongholds of the goddess, awaits her. But while Ireland is her destiny, Isolde is already Queen of Cornwall, trapped in a loveless marriage to its mean-spirited King Mark. Her true love is his nephew, Tristan of Lyonesse, who has never married, remaining faithful only to Isolde.Across the sea in France, a young princess who shares Isoldes name enters the story. King Hoel named his daughtor in honor of Isolde of Ireland, and young Isolde of France has always been determined to outdo her beautiful namesake. She is a physician, too, and is called "Blanche Mains," for her white hands and healing touch. Blanche is of an age to be married, and she has chosen her husbandTristan of Lyonesse. Her father objects, but fate favors Blanche. King Mark has become suspicious of his wife and nephew, and when Tristan is wounded in battle, he sees a chance to separate them for good.Mark sends Tristan to France to be healed by Blanche, who makes the most of the opportunity. Tristans letters to Isolde are intercepted, and he is told that she has given him up. Near death from his wounds, Tristan sends one last, desparate letter to Isolde by a trusted servant. He is dying, he tells her, and asks for one final sign of their love. If she can forgive him for betraying her, she must come to France in a ship set with white sails. If the ships sails are black, however, he will know that she no longer loves him. Isolde immediately leaves for France, but when Blanche sees the white-sailed ship from the castle window, she pulls the curtains and tells Tristan that the sails are black. To her horror, he turns his face to the wall and dies.There ends the traditional medieval story of Tristan and Isoldewith betrayal, death, and grief. But the original Irish lengend ends differently, and so does this book, wth magic and drama as only Rosalind Miles could write it.

In the golden time of Arthur and Guenevere, the Island of the West shines like an emerald in the seaone of the last strongholds of Goddess-worship and Mother-right. Isolde is the only daughter and heiress of Irelands great ruling queen, a lady as passionate in battle as she is in love. La Belle Isolde, like her mother, is famed for her beauty, but she is a healer instead of a warrior, of all surgeons, the best among the isles. A natural peacemaker, Isolde is struggling to save Ireland from a war waged by her dangerously reckless mother. The Queen is influenced by her lover, Sir Marhaus, who urges her to invade neighboring Cornwall and claim it for her own, a foolhardy move Isolde is determined to prevent. But she is unable to stop them. King Mark of Cornwall sends forth his own champion to do battle with the IrishSir Tristan of Lyonessea young, untested knight with a mysterious past. A member of the Round Table, Tristan has returned to the land of his birth after many years in exile, only to face Irelands fiercest champion in combat. When he lies victorious but near death on the field of battle, Tristan knows that his only hope of survival lies to the West. He must be taken to Ireland to be healed, but he must go in disguisefor if the Queen finds out who killed her beloved, he will follow Marhaus into the spirit world. His men smuggle him into the Queens fort at Dubh Lein, and beg the princess to save him.From this first meeting of star-crossed lovers, an epic story unfolds. Isoldes skill and beauty impress Tristans uncle, King Mark of Cornwall, andknowing nothing of her love for Tristanhe decides to make her his queen, a match her mother encourages as a way to bind their lands under one rule. Tristan and Isolde find themselves caught in the crosscurrents of fate, as Isolde is forced to marry a man she does not love. Taking pity on her daughter, the Queen gives her an elixir that will create in her a passion for King Mark and ensure that their love will last until death. But on the voyage to Ireland, Tristan and Isolde drink the love potion by accident, sealing their already perilous love forever.So begins the first book of the Tristan and Isolde trilogy, another stunning example of the storytellers craft from Rosalind Miles, author of the beloved and bestselling Guenevere trilogy.

The final thrilling chapter in the Tristan and Isolde trilogy . . .Isolde, heir to the throne of the queens, is now a sovereign in her own right. With the glories of the throne comes the responsibility of a queen, and Isolde knows she must return to her beloved Western Isle. She can no longer tolerate her marriage to King Mark of Cornwall, a marriage she has accepted for years in order to save her country from the threat of war and to be near her only love, Marks nephew Tristan of Lyonesse. King Mark, always cowardly and spiteful, is too heavily influenced by his monks and counselors, who loathe the powerful and independent Isolde. And so she leaves Cornwall for good and comes home to Ireland, where her lords face a growing threat from the warlike Picti, who live in the barren highlands to the north of England. The Picti have a bold new king, Darath, who is determined to take the riches of Ireland for his own people, whether by war or by marriage with Isolde. Isolde gathers her armies to confront the Picti and faces a violent conflict as well with King Mark, who vows he will not let a prize like Isolde, and Ireland, slip from his grasp. Isolde is last in a line of famous warrior queens who have guarded Ireland from time before memory, and now sheand her knight, Tristanmust play out their fate and face her enemies in a final battle, a war that could spell ruin for them both.