I was going to give this 3 stars. However after re-reading in detail the description of the book and my reasons for three stars don’t overly seem justified considering it clearly states that this the history of women and queens - from a Christian Ruled and Governed Perspective.

That being said it still does very much irritate me that the direction and tone was some what negative towards Islam. And shone the Crusaders in a positive light at nearly all times. Although some individual Crusaders where called out for being overly brutal it was skimmed over and put down to their own personal misconduct.

It was very interesting regardless, and I nearly used and entire sheet of tabs making notes. It wasn’t overly in-depth but a good simple and short summary for a period of time during the Crusades, when women fought to rule and have control of their people and their own lives.

I’m pleased to have read it. It is important that authors and historians are writing texts that breakdown the often prejudice recordings of women in history.