Legenda

Resumen del libro

In LEGENDA, bestselling historian Professor Janina Ramirez peels back the layers of time to reveal how the lives 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 classrooms for decades, but medieval women like Joan of Arc, Lady Godiva and Isabella of Castile have been misrepresented, their stories twisted and weaponised. Meanwhile, ground-breaking 18th- and 19th-century women who blazed a trail through revolutionary Europe have been forgotten, their legacies too easily dismissed or ignored.

Questioning established narratives and searching for the real women behind the legends, Ramirez interrogates what defines a nation and who gets to build it, shining a light on how history is so often hijacked to serve the ideological and political interests of the present.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p La doctora Janina Ramirez es locutora de la BBC, investigadora, autora y profesora de la Universidad de Oxford, con sede en el Harris Manchester College. Le apasiona transmitir ideas sobre el pasado, exponerlas en conferencias, charlas públicas y actos de divulgación, así como publicar sus investigaciones en periódicos y revistas. Ha presentado y escrito más de treinta horas de documentales y series de historia de la BBC en televisión y radio, y ha escrito cinco libros para niños y adultos, entre ellos x{0026}lt;i The Private Lives of the Saints, The Riddle of the Runesx{0026}lt;/i y x{0026}lt;i Goddess.x{0026}lt;/i Vive en Oxfordshire con su familia.x{0026}lt;/p