BRITANNIAS: AND THE ISLANDS OF WOMEN (PB)

From Neolithic Orkney to modern-day Thanet, prize-winning journalist and author Alice Albinia explores the furthest reaches of the archipelago once known as Britanniae in this cross-genre book. The ancient mythology of islands ruled by women winds through the literature of Britain and Ireland - in Roman reports, early Irish poetry, Renaissance drama and Restoration utopias, transcending and subverting male dominance. The Britannias looks far back into the past for direction and solace, searching for new meaning about women's status in neglected epics and subversive voices.