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The Heroines of History

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John S. Jenkins
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Ratings
Book
128
Narrator
31
Release Date
January 1, 2016
Duration
10 hours 19 minutes
Summary
A look at some of the famous women in European history. Includes biographies on Cleopatra; Isabella of Castile; Joan of Arc; Maria Theresa; Josephine; Elizabeth of England; Mary of Scotland; Catherine of Russia; Marie Antoinette; and Madame Roland.

Mr. Jenkins, whose name remains on the title-page of this volume, was prevented from finishing the work for a long time by sickness, and finally by death. The first chapter is from his pen, and the rest has been written according to his instructions by one whom he selected, and who has had access to works rare in this country, such as Monstrelet's Chronicles, Tooke's Life of Catherine II., Madame Roland's Appeal, etc. (Summary by TriciaG & Publisher's Preface)
Reviews
Profile Avatar Aubri V. Jul 2020

Do not listen to this while you are driving... you will fall asleep at the wheel.

Profile Avatar Heather S. Sep 2019

Soooooo boring. I was so excited to hear about women in history for once, but was so disappointed!!

Profile Avatar Dollfinmommy Jan 2023

Why do they need to give the book title narrators name at the beginning of every single chapter?? It’s infuriating.

Profile Avatar Leigh Bates Apr 2026

Great to listen to stories of female historical figures.

Profile Avatar KimW Jan 2026

It was very frustrating hearing British place and people’s names mispronounced so frequently.

Profile Avatar Anonymous Jun 2024

Quite a long-winded, prejudicial presentation of early women monarchs

Profile Avatar Anonymous May 2023

Very informative. Started off very strong with an amazing narrator. Got a little confused towards end. Some narration was a bit hard to follow. I may listen again to this book to better understand. Cleopatra and Joan of Arc were by far the most interesting to me.

Profile Avatar Grace B. Sep 2022

love the contents but please for the love of god it should be a requirement that the narrators know how to pronounce basic words (ex: amicably, epitome, etc.)

Profile Avatar Melissa M. Sep 2021

I enjoyed this book. I loved learning about these women in history! Some narrators were good. Others, not so much. Luckily, there were many different narrators so if you didn’t like one, you didn’t have to listen to them for long. The stories of the women were concise and I learned a lot of new, interesting facts about them.

Profile Avatar Anonymous Dec 2018

great book.

The Heroines of History

The Heroines of History

Author: John S. Jenkins
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