{"id":2948,"date":"2026-09-18T10:38:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/books-about-extraordinary-women\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T10:38:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T10:38:40","slug":"books-about-extraordinary-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/ar\/books-about-extraordinary-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Books about extraordinary women"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dev95-859516685\" class=\"dev95-- dev95-entity-placement\"><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl27862732.profitableratecpmnetwork.com\/2ad7a50e0bbc23ac6801d7b77c501463\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-2ad7a50e0bbc23ac6801d7b77c501463\"><\/div><\/div><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Art-Spy-book-cover-1.jpeg?resize=565%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt='Cover image of \"The Art Spy,\" one of the books about extraordinary women' class=\"wp-image-91072\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Art-Spy-book-cover-1.jpeg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Art-Spy-book-cover-1-331x500.jpeg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">You won\u2019t recognize some of the names on this list of exceptional women. Most were little known even in their own time. They represent a wide range of activities, from espionage to politics to science and to running their countries. But what they have in common with the three reigning monarchs here is that their lives <em>mattered<\/em> (and, in two cases, still matter a great deal). The work they did, or simply the lives they lived, has left a mark on history. And their lives inspire us today. Though flawed, as are we all, the women portrayed in these books surpassed the capacity that prevailing opinion ascribed to their gender.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Readers are likely to find some of the authors of these books familiar, having gained a measure of fame in their own right. But most will probably be new to you.<\/p><div id=\"dev95-228261365\" class=\"dev95- dev95-entity-placement\"><center>\r\n<script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '4ba6b6513c00e0ba76511f798ae56401',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 50,\r\n    'width' : 320,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highrevenueformat.com\/4ba6b6513c00e0ba76511f798ae56401\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n\t<\/center><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All but one of the books below are biographies. Only one is a novel. They\u2019re listed in alphabetical order by the subjects\u2019 last names (or their first names, in the case of the three queens).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This post was updated on May 28, 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-catherine-the-great\">Catherine the Great<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Catherine-the-Great-book-cover.jpeg?resize=565%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt='Cover image of \"Catherine the Great\"' class=\"wp-image-91048\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Catherine-the-Great-book-cover.jpeg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Catherine-the-Great-book-cover-331x500.jpeg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-catherine-the-great-portrait-of-a-woman-nbsp-by-robert-k-massie-2011-840-pages-catherine-the-great-biography-at-its-best\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman<\/em>\u00a0by Robert K. Massie (2011) 840 pages \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/book-about-catherine-the-great\/\">Catherine the Great: biography at its best<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"h-catherine-the-great-portrait-of-a-woman-by-robert-k-massie-2011-840-pages-catherine-the-great-biography-at-its-best-she-convened-the-first-representative-assembly-in-russia-s-history-anticipating-the-creation-of-the-ill-fated-duma-a-century-and-a-half-later-and-she-came-to-be-known-as-catherine-the-great-no-mystery-to-anyone-who-reads-this-masterful-book-about-her\">She convened the first representative assembly in Russia\u2019s history, anticipating the creation of the ill-fated Duma a century and a half later. And she came to be known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Catherine-the-Great\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Catherine the Great<\/a>, no mystery to anyone who reads this masterful book about her. A contemporary of Montesquieu and Jefferson and loyal correspondent with Voltaire and Diderot, she took the first few steps toward reform of her country\u2019s peculiar form of slavery, serfdom.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-clementine-churchill\">Clementine Churchill<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lady-Clementine-book-cover.jpeg?resize=565%2C858&#038;ssl=1\" alt='Cover image of \"Lady Clementine,\" ' class=\"wp-image-91049\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lady-Clementine-book-cover.jpeg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Lady-Clementine-book-cover-329x500.jpeg 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-lady-clementine-by-marie-benedict-2020-402-pages-she-edited-winston-churchill-s-wartime-speeches\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Lady Clementine<\/em> by Marie Benedict (2020) 402 pages \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/winston-churchills-wife\/\">She edited Winston Churchill\u2019s wartime speeches<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Winston Churchill\u2019s reputation as one of the most significant figures of the 20th century rests in some measure on the surpassing power of his speeches. He was, without doubt, a stylist of unusual talent as well as a compelling orator. But what is little known is that he was not the sole author of some of those famous speeches. His wife, Lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Clementine-Churchill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Clementine Churchill<\/a>, was his editor of last resort. Her behind-the-scenes role comes to light in this excellent biographical novel.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-cleopatra\">Cleopatra<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cleopatra-A-Life-book-cover.jpeg?resize=565%2C858&#038;ssl=1\" alt='Cover image of \"Cleopatra: A Life,\" ' class=\"wp-image-91051\" style=\"width:249px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cleopatra-A-Life-book-cover.jpeg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Cleopatra-A-Life-book-cover-329x500.jpeg 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-cleopatra-a-life-nbsp-by-stacy-schiff-2010-432-pages-revealing-the-historical-truth-about-cleopatra\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Cleopatra: A Life<\/em>\u00a0by Stacy Schiff (2010) 432 pages \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/truth-about-cleopatra\/\">Revealing the historical truth about Cleopatra<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elizabeth Taylor, she wasn\u2019t. Nor was she the Cleopatra of Shakespeare\u2019s imagination, or of Plutarch\u2019s. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cleopatra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cleopatra<\/a> was, simply put, one of the ablest and most powerful women in history. She ruled unchallenged the richest kingdom of the Western world for more than two decades. In this extraordinary work of historic reconstruction, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Stacy Schiff digs deep below the surface of the available sources, both primary and secondary, to write what is surely the fullest and most accurate picture we\u2019ll ever have of the elusive first-century Egyptian queen. Here, at last, is the truth about Cleopatra.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"845\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gertrude-Bell-book-cover.jpeg?resize=565%2C845&#038;ssl=1\" alt='Cover image of \"Gertrude Bell,\" a biography of an extraordinary woman' class=\"wp-image-91277\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gertrude-Bell-book-cover.jpeg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gertrude-Bell-book-cover-334x500.jpeg 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-gertrude-bell-queen-of-the-desert-shaper-of-nations-nbsp-by-georgina-howell-2007-540-pages-she-was-more-famous-than-lawrence-of-arabia-and-more-important\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations\u00a0<\/em>by Georgina Howell (2007) 540 pages \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606\u2606\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/biography-of-gertrude-bell\/\">She was more famous than Lawrence of Arabia, and more important<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gertrude_Bell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gertrude Bell<\/a> (1868-1926) was one of the most remarkable women of the 20th century. Or of any century, for that matter. Her life spanned the Victorian and Edwardian eras, the First World War, and its aftermath. She distinguished herself as an explorer, mountaineer, travel writer, political officer, administrator, and\u00a0archaeologist.\u00a0For two decades, she was the West\u2019s leading expert on the Middle East and Arab affairs. Her fame dwarfed that of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/T._E._Lawrence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lawrence of Arabia<\/a> (1888-1935) until 1919, when American journalist Lowell Thomas made him famous. While Lawrence helped spark the Arab Revolt in 1916, it was Bell who had paved the way during two decades of exploration in the region. And it was she, not he, who engineered the formation of an independent Iraqi state under the leadership of her friend, its first king, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Faisal_I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Faisal I<\/a> (1885-1933). Georgina Howell\u2019s admiring biography of Bell tells the whole story.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-jennifer-doudna\">Jennifer Doudna<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"843\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Code-Breaker-book-cover.jpeg?resize=565%2C843&#038;ssl=1\" alt='Cover image of \"The Code Breaker,\" ' class=\"wp-image-91052\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Code-Breaker-book-cover.jpeg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Code-Breaker-book-cover-335x500.jpeg 335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-the-code-breaker-jennifer-doudna-gene-editing-and-the-future-of-the-human-race-by-walter-isaacson-2021-552-pages-crispr-technology-may-change-the-world-as-we-know-it\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race <\/em>by Walter Isaacson (2021) 552 pages \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/crispr-technology\/\">CRISPR technology may change the world as we know it<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have received either the Moderna or the Pfizer\/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, you benefiting from a biomedical tool called <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CRISPR\">CRISPR<\/a>. CRISPR technology enabled scientists to create both vaccines in record time. This extraordinary new tool allowed medical researchers to bypass the clumsy and time-consuming methods employed in vaccine development in the past. The historic breakthrough that led to the now-widespread use of CRISPR in biomedical labs the world over came only in 2012. And it won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/lists\/all-nobel-prizes-in-chemistry\/\">Nobel Prize for Chemistry<\/a> eight years later for a remarkable woman at the University of California, Berkeley, named <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jennifer_Doudna\">Jennifer Doudna<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-mamie-fish\">Mamie Fish<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Glitz-Glam-and-a-Damn-Good-Time-book-cover.jpeg?resize=565%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt='Cover image of \"Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time,\" ' class=\"wp-image-91054\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Glitz-Glam-and-a-Damn-Good-Time-book-cover.jpeg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Glitz-Glam-and-a-Damn-Good-Time-book-cover-331x500.jpeg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-glitz-glam-and-a-damn-good-time-how-mamie-fish-the-queen-of-the-gilded-age-partied-her-way-to-power-by-jennifer-wright-2025-235-pages-the-outrageous-woman-who-helped-shape-the-gilded-age\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time: How Mamie Fish, the Queen of the Gilded Age, Partied Her Way to Power <\/em>by Jennifer Wright (2025) 235 pages \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/biography-of-the-gilded-age\/\">The outrageous woman who helped shape the Gilded Age<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark Twain satirized the period as the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gilded_Age\">Gilded Age<\/a>, suggesting that an overlay of gold plating hid the seamy reality underneath. Later, historians fixed the term to the years from the late 1870s to the late 1890s. Then, America emerged from the devastation of the Civil War to become the world\u2019s preeminent industrial power. And a few prominent men held most of the great wealth generated by this growth. They possessed private fortunes surpassed only by today\u2019s high tech billionaires. Meanwhile, their wives, circumscribed by the sexist conventions of the Victorian era, rarely played any role in the economy. Instead, they held their own competitions for power and acclaim by building grand houses and holding parties. Journalist Jennifer Wright tells the story of one of the most acclaimed of these women in <em>Glitz, Glam, and a Damn Good Time<\/em>. It\u2019s a biography of the Gilded Age itself.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-elizebeth-smith-friedman\">Elizebeth Smith Friedman<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Woman-Who-Smashed-Codes-book-cover.jpeg?resize=565%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt='Cover image of \"The Woman Who Smashed Codes,\" ' class=\"wp-image-91055\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Woman-Who-Smashed-Codes-book-cover.jpeg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Woman-Who-Smashed-Codes-book-cover-331x500.jpeg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-the-woman-who-smashed-codes-a-true-story-of-love-spies-and-the-unlikely-heroine-who-outwitted-america-s-enemies-nbsp-by-jason-fagone-2017-464-pages-the-woman-codebreaker-who-caught-gangsters-and-nazi-spies\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America\u2019s Enemies<\/em>\u00a0by Jason Fagone (2017) 464 pages \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/woman-codebreaker\/\">The woman codebreaker who caught gangsters and Nazi spies<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Working with recently declassified files from the World War II era as well as long-ignored archival records and contemporary press reports and interviews, journalist Jason Fagone has brought to light at last the astonishing story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman and her husband, William Friedman. (Yes, her first name is spelled with three <em>e\u2019s.<\/em>) Fagone profiles the brilliant couple in his beautifully written story,\u00a0<em>The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America\u2019s Enemie. T<\/em>he Friedmans may well have been the most important 20th-century American codebreakers, and quite possibly the best and most successful in the world.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-pamela-harriman\">Pamela Harriman<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"867\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kingmaker-book-cover.jpeg?resize=565%2C867&#038;ssl=1\" alt='Cover image of \"Kingmaker,\" ' class=\"wp-image-91057\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kingmaker-book-cover.jpeg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Kingmaker-book-cover-326x500.jpeg 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-kingmaker-pamela-harriman-s-astonishing-life-of-power-seduction-and-intrigue-by-sonia-purnell-2024-525-pages-she-helped-jump-start-the-wwii-anglo-american-partnership\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman\u2019s Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue <\/em>by Sonia Purnell (2024) 525 pages \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/new-biography\/\">She helped jump-start the WWII Anglo-American partnership<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That cover photo does not do her justice. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pamela_Harriman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pamela Churchill Harriman<\/a> (n\u00e9e Digby, 1920-99) was one of the great beauties of the Anglo-American world well into her seventies, and other photos reveal that. She was ridiculed) throughout most of her life as a courtesan, having slept with hundreds of men, a great many of them among the wealthiest and most powerful of the age. But she was much more than that. And the gifted English author Sonia Purnell marshals newly available evidence to prove the case in her magnificent new biography, <em>Kingmaker<\/em>. That new evidence reveals Pamela\u2014everyone called her that\u2014to have played a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/culture\/article\/20241015-pamela-harriman-churchills-secret-weapon-against-the-nazis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pivotal role in building the vital Anglo-American alliance<\/a> in World War II. She worked directly at Winston Churchill\u2019s side during the early years of the war. It\u2019s an astounding story, not previously told in detail, that justifies the subtitle of the book.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/The-Woman-and-Her-Stars-book-cover.jpeg?resize=565%2C848&#038;ssl=1\" alt='Cover image of \"The Woman and Her Stars\"' class=\"wp-image-91532\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/The-Woman-and-Her-Stars-book-cover.jpeg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/The-Woman-and-Her-Stars-book-cover-333x500.jpeg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-the-woman-and-her-stars-by-penny-haw-2026-329-pages-she-was-a-pioneering-astronomer-in-the-18th-century\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The Woman and Her Stars<\/em> by Penny Haw (2026) 329 pages \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/story-of-an-outstanding-woman\/\">She was a pioneering astronomer. In the 18th century.<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Women did not begin to gain any measure of equality with men until sometime in the 20th century. So it is always inspiring to read about women whose accomplishments were so outstanding that even under the most egregious pressure of misogyny they made their mark on history. One exceptional woman, who is little known today except in her field of specialization, was the German astronomer <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caroline_Herschel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Caroline Herschel<\/a> (1750-1848). South African journalist Penny Haw brings her unusual story to light in <em>The Woman and Her Stars<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-fredericka-mandelbaum\">Fredericka Mandelbaum<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"849\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Talented-Mrs-Mandelbaum-book-cover.jpeg?resize=565%2C849&#038;ssl=1\" alt='Cover image of \"The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum,\" ' class=\"wp-image-91058\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Talented-Mrs-Mandelbaum-book-cover.jpeg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Talented-Mrs-Mandelbaum-book-cover-333x500.jpeg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-the-talented-mrs-mandelbaum-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-american-organized-crime-boss-by-margalit-fox-2024-336-pages-she-was-organized-crime-s-boss-in-gilded-age-new-york\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss <\/em>by Margalit Fox (2024) 336 pages \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/true-crime-masterpiece\/\">She was organized crime\u2019s boss in Gilded Age New York<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She ran a modest haberdashery shop on Manhattan\u2019s Lower East Side. Fredericka Mandelbaum, an \u201cupright widow, philanthropic synagogue-goer, [and] doting mother of four,\u201d was also the boss of the country\u2019s most notorious crime syndicate. And when <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pinkerton_(detective_agency)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pinkerton<\/a> detectives finally staged a raid on her premises in 1884, she had reigned for twenty-five years as one of the most infamous underworld figures in America. \u201c[S]he presided over a multi-million-dollar criminal operation that centered on stolen luxury goods and later diversified into bank robbery.\u201d Mrs. Mandelbaum was a \u201cfence,\u201d a receiver of stolen goods. She had no peer in New York or anywhere else in the country. The accomplished nonfiction author Margalit Fox colorfully chronicles her rise and fall in her true crime masterpiece, <em>The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-jessica-mitford\">Jessica Mitford<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Troublemaker-book-cover.jpeg?resize=565%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt='Cover image of \"Troublemaker,\" ' class=\"wp-image-91061\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Troublemaker-book-cover.jpeg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Troublemaker-book-cover-331x500.jpeg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-troublemaker-the-fierce-unruly-life-of-jessica-mitford-by-carla-kaplan-2025-592-pages-aristocrat-communist-muckraker-she-grabbed-headlines-all-her-life\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford <\/em>by Carla Kaplan (2025) 592 pages \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/jessica-mitford-biography\/\">Aristocrat, Communist, muckraker: she grabbed headlines all her life<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A dwindling number of American readers recognize the name <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jessica_Mitford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jessica Mitford<\/a> (1917-96). And those who do probably think of her as the author of her most successful book, <em>The American Way of Death<\/em>. It shot to the top of the <em>New York Times<\/em> bestseller list on its publication in 1963 and stayed there for six weeks. Its revised edition is still in print today. And, more important, its savage takedown of the funeral industry led to major federal reform. But it was only one of a dozen books she wrote. And writing never defined her. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She herself, and most of her many friends on both sides of the Atlantic, saw Mitford as an activist dedicated to social justice. In the late 1940s and 1950s, she was one of the most significant figures in the American Left. In short, she was a troublemaker. And author Carla Kaplan accurately characterizes her that way in her deeply researched biography, <em>Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-nancy-pelosi\">Nancy Pelosi<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"873\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pelosi-book-cover.jpg?resize=565%2C873&#038;ssl=1\" alt='Cover image of \"Pelosi,\" ' class=\"wp-image-91062\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pelosi-book-cover.jpg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Pelosi-book-cover-324x500.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-pelosi-by-molly-ball-2020-359-pages-a-critical-but-admiring-biography-of-nancy-pelosi\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Pelosi<\/em> by Molly Ball (2020) 359 pages \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/nancy-pelosi-biography\/\">A critical but admiring biography of Nancy Pelosi<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She has one of the most recognizable names in America. Yet far too few Americans have more than the most trivial understanding of who she is and where she comes from. And that ignorance is compounded by a relentless, years-long smear campaign by the Right Wing\u2014a campaign that has only intensified since the 2018 Congressional elections that elevated her for the second time to the leadership of the US House of Representatives. As Speaker, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nancy_Pelosi\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a> proved to be far and away the most successful leader of the growing national opposition to the Administration of Donald Trump. Journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Molly_Ball\">Molly Ball<\/a>\u2018s terrific new biography of Pelosi makes entirely clear how she has grown into that role and why she is so successful.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-odette-sansom\">Odette Sansom<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Code-Name-Lise-book-cover.jpeg?resize=565%2C850&#038;ssl=1\" alt='Cover image of \"Code\u00a0Name: Lise,\" ' class=\"wp-image-91063\" style=\"width:249px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Code-Name-Lise-book-cover.jpeg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Code-Name-Lise-book-cover-332x500.jpeg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-code-nbsp-name-lise-the-true-story-of-the-woman-who-became-world-war-ii-s-most-nbsp-highly-decorated-spy-nbsp-by-larry-loftis-2019-385-pages-a-woman-was-world-war-ii-s-most-highly-decorated-spy\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Code\u00a0Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became World War II\u2019s Most\u00a0Highly Decorated Spy<\/em>\u00a0by Larry Loftis (2019) 385 pages \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/most-highly-decorated-spy\/\">A woman was World War II\u2019s most highly decorated spy<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was the most decorated spy in World War II of either gender. Her name was <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Odette_Hallowes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Odette Sansom<\/a> (later Odette Hallowes). From 1942 to 1945, she served as an officer of Britain\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special_Operations_Executive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Special Operations Executive<\/a>. From November 1942 to April 1943, she worked in southern France as a courier for an SOE network that delivered arms, money, and supplies to the French Resistance. Betrayed by the witless leader of a French network operating in the same area, she was arrested along with her leader and lover, Captain <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_Churchill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peter Churchill<\/a>. She and Churchill were arrested by the Gestapo in April 1943, She spent the rest of the war imprisoned in\u00a0the women\u2019s concentration camp at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ravensbr%C3%BCck_Concentration_Camp\">Ravensbr\u00fcck<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-the-soong-sisters\">The Soong Sisters<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"871\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Big-Sister-Little-Sister-Red-Sister-book-cover.jpeg?resize=565%2C871&#038;ssl=1\" alt='Cover image of \"Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister,\" ' class=\"wp-image-91065\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Big-Sister-Little-Sister-Red-Sister-book-cover.jpeg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Big-Sister-Little-Sister-Red-Sister-book-cover-324x500.jpeg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-big-sister-little-sister-red-sister-three-women-at-the-heart-of-twentieth-century-china-by-jung-chang-2019-375-pages-they-shaped-twentieth-century-chinese-history\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister<\/em>: <em>Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China<\/em> by Jung Chang (2019) 375 pages \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/20th-century-chinese-history\/\">They shaped twentieth-century Chinese history<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three sisters\u2019s lives spanned three centuries of Chinese history. Born late in the nineteenth century, the youngest of them died at the age of 105 in 2003. Together, these three extraordinary women helped shape the destiny of the world\u2019s most populous nation from the closing days of the Manchu dynasty to the dawn of China\u2019s ascension into a superpower. In <em>Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister<\/em>, the acclaimed Chinese-British historian <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jung_Chang\">Jung Chang<\/a> tells their story with compassion and an obsessive attention to historical fact. In the process, she illuminates the story of twentieth-century Chinese history from a new perspective.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-rose-pastor-stokes\">Rose Pastor Stokes<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"905\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rebel-Cinderella-book-cover.jpeg?resize=565%2C905&#038;ssl=1\" alt='Cover image of \"Rebel Cinderella,\" ' class=\"wp-image-91066\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rebel-Cinderella-book-cover.jpeg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rebel-Cinderella-book-cover-312x500.jpeg 312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-rebel-cinderella-from-rags-to-riches-to-radical-the-epic-journey-of-rose-pastor-stoke-s-by-adam-hochschild-2020-320-pages-early-20th-century-america-viewed-through-the-life-of-one-extraordinary-woman\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stoke<\/em>s by Adam Hochschild (2020) 320 pages \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/socialism-in-america\/\">Early 20th-century America viewed through the life of one extraordinary woman<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019re unlikely ever to have come across her name before, but you\u2019ll be fascinated by the remarkable story Berkeley author <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adam_Hochschild\">Adam Hochschild<\/a> tells about her life in this excursion into popular history. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rose_Pastor_Stokes\">Rose Pastor Stokes<\/a> was one of the most famous and influential people, women OR men, during the crucial years that spanned the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson. From 1905 to 1921, she continuously captured newspaper headlines for her unlikely marriage to one of the country\u2019s wealthiest men and her relentless campaign on behalf of the labor movement and socialism in America.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-rose-valland\">Rose Valland<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Art-Spy-book-cover.jpeg?resize=565%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt='Cover image of \"The Art Spy,\"' class=\"wp-image-91067\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Art-Spy-book-cover.jpeg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Art-Spy-book-cover-331x500.jpeg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-the-art-spy-the-extraordinary-untold-tale-of-wwii-resistance-hero-rose-valland-by-michelle-young-2025-400-pages-she-defied-the-nazis-to-save-the-world-s-greatest-art-treasures\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland<\/em> by Michelle Young (2025) 400 pages \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/nazi-thieves\/\">She defied the Nazis to save the world\u2019s greatest art treasures<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the six years of World War II in Europe, Nazi officials and their collaborators looted some 650,000 works of art. Competing Nazi bureaucracies sent agents throughout the Continent, plundering museums and private, Jewish-held collections alike. <em>Reichsmarschall<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hermann_G%C3%B6ring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hermann G\u00f6ring<\/a>, who was Hitler\u2019s second-in-command for much of the war, was the most prominent of the thieves. But other leading Nazis, especially ideologist <a href=\"https:\/\/encyclopedia.ushmm.org\/content\/en\/article\/alfred-rosenberg-biography\">Alfred Rosenberg<\/a>, and several Nazi and French collaborationists in Paris, played central roles as well. To track and record their activities, an heroic French art historian agreed to spy on the bandits. Author Michelle Young tells her astonishing story, and that of the Nazi thieves, in <em>The Art Spy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-queen-victoria\">Queen Victoria<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Victoria-the-Queen-book-cover.jpeg?resize=565%2C853&#038;ssl=1\" alt='Cover image of \"Victoria, the Queen,\" ' class=\"wp-image-91068\" style=\"width:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Victoria-the-Queen-book-cover.jpeg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Victoria-the-Queen-book-cover-331x500.jpeg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-victoria-the-queen-an-intimate-biography-of-the-woman-who-ruled-an-empire-by-julia-baird-2016-752-pages-an-eye-opening-biography-of-queen-victoria\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Victoria, the Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire <\/em>by Julia Baird (2016) 752 pages \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/biography-of-queen-victoria\/\">An eye-opening biography of Queen Victoria<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we think today of an English Queen, we tend to conjure up the benevolent figure of Elizabeth II, waving from the balcony at Buckingham Palace or from the back seat of a car. Of course, if we read English history\u2014or if we\u2019ve watched the popular Netflix series, <em>The Crown<\/em>\u2014we know more than that. For example, we\u2019re aware that the demands of constitutional monarchy strictly circumscribe the Queen\u2019s role. Elizabeth II had no political role whatsoever. Her job was merely to accept the will of her subjects and deal with the hand Parliament dealt her. For her son, Charles III, it\u2019s no different. But that was emphatically not true with her great-great grandmother, Queen Victoria, who ruled Great Britain from 1837 to 1901, imprinting her name on an era. And Julia Baird makes that case with penetrating clarity in her masterful biography of Queen Victoria.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-nancy-wake\">Nancy Wake<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"874\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Nancy-Wake-book-cover-1.jpeg?resize=565%2C874&#038;ssl=1\" alt='Cover image of \"Nancy Wake,\" ' class=\"wp-image-91070\" style=\"width:249px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Nancy-Wake-book-cover-1.jpeg 565w, https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Nancy-Wake-book-cover-1-323x500.jpeg 323w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-nancy-wake-the-gripping-true-story-of-the-woman-who-became-the-gestapo-s-most-wanted-spy-by-peter-fitzsimmons-2011-329-pages-a-female-wwii-spy-led-thousands-against-the-nazis\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Nancy Wake: The gripping true story of the woman who became the Gestapo\u2019s most wanted spy<\/em> by Peter FitzSimmons (2011) 329 pages \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/female-wwii-spy\/\">A female WWII spy led thousands against the Nazis<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recent years have seen a flood of new books belatedly highlighting the role of women in espionage in World War II. Despite rampant sexism and misogyny, women did indeed fill vital roles as spies, codebreakers, and analysts in intelligence-gathering as well as partisan activities behind enemy lines. And few women played as prominent a part as a phenomenal Australian woman named <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nancy_Wake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nancy Wake<\/a> (1912-2011). Her exploits in France during the war have been the subject of at least five books as well as a feature film and a TV series. The best of the books, I\u2019ve found, is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peter_FitzSimons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peter FitzSimmons<\/a>\u2018 <em>Nancy Wake<\/em>, which appeared in 2011, the year of her death at the age of 98.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-for-related-reading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">For related reading<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For links to other great reading, see:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/great-biographies\/\">12 great biographies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/nonfiction-books-about-history\/\">25 top nonfiction books about history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/understanding-american-history\/\">Top 20 popular books for understanding American history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/enlightening-historical-novels\/\">25 most enlightening historical novels<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And you can always find the most popular of my 2,400 reviews, and the most recent ones, on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/\">Home Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/malwarwickonbooks.com\/\">Mal Warwick on Books: Insightful Reviews and Recommendations<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_2948\" class=\"pvc_stats total_only  \" data-element-id=\"2948\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.0\" viewBox=\"0 0 502 315\" preserveAspectRatio=\"xMidYMid meet\"><g transform=\"translate(0,332) scale(0.1,-0.1)\" fill=\"\" stroke=\"none\"><path d=\"M2394 3279 l-29 -30 -3 -207 c-2 -182 0 -211 15 -242 39 -76 157 -76 196 0 15 31 17 60 15 243 l-3 209 -33 29 c-26 23 -41 29 -80 29 -41 0 -53 -5 -78 -31z\"\/><path d=\"M3085 3251 c-45 -19 -58 -50 -96 -229 -47 -217 -49 -260 -13 -295 52 -53 146 -42 177 20 16 31 87 366 87 410 0 70 -86 122 -155 94z\"\/><path d=\"M1751 3234 c-13 -9 -29 -31 -37 -50 -12 -29 -10 -49 21 -204 19 -94 39 -189 45 -210 14 -50 54 -80 110 -80 34 0 48 6 76 34 21 21 34 44 34 59 0 14 -18 113 -40 219 -37 178 -43 195 -70 221 -36 32 -101 37 -139 11z\"\/><path d=\"M1163 3073 c-36 -7 -73 -59 -73 -102 0 -56 133 -378 171 -413 34 -32 83 -37 129 -13 70 36 67 87 -16 290 -86 209 -89 214 -129 231 -35 14 -42 15 -82 7z\"\/><path d=\"M3689 3066 c-15 -9 -33 -30 -42 -48 -48 -103 -147 -355 -147 -375 0 -98 131 -148 192 -74 13 15 57 108 97 206 80 196 84 226 37 273 -30 30 -99 39 -137 18z\"\/><path d=\"M583 2784 c-38 -19 -67 -74 -58 -113 9 -42 211 -354 242 -373 16 -10 45 -18 66 -18 51 0 107 52 107 100 0 39 -1 41 -124 234 -80 126 -108 162 -133 173 -41 17 -61 16 -100 -3z\"\/><path d=\"M4250 2784 c-14 -9 -74 -91 -133 -183 -95 -150 -107 -173 -107 -213 0 -55 33 -94 87 -104 67 -13 90 8 211 198 130 202 137 225 78 284 -27 27 -42 34 -72 34 -22 0 -50 -8 -64 -16z\"\/><path d=\"M2275 2693 c-553 -48 -1095 -270 -1585 -649 -135 -104 -459 -423 -483 -476 -23 -49 -22 -139 2 -186 73 -142 361 -457 571 -626 285 -228 642 -407 990 -497 242 -63 336 -73 660 -74 310 0 370 5 595 52 535 111 1045 392 1455 803 122 121 250 273 275 326 19 41 19 137 0 174 -41 79 -309 363 -465 492 -447 370 -946 591 -1479 653 -113 14 -422 18 -536 8z m395 -428 c171 -34 330 -124 456 -258 112 -119 167 -219 211 -378 27 -96 24 -300 -5 -401 -72 -255 -236 -447 -474 -557 -132 -62 -201 -76 -368 -76 -167 0 -236 14 -368 76 -213 98 -373 271 -451 485 -162 444 86 934 547 1084 153 49 292 57 452 25z m909 -232 c222 -123 408 -262 593 -441 76 -74 138 -139 138 -144 0 -16 -233 -242 -330 -319 -155 -123 -309 -223 -461 -299 l-81 -41 32 46 c18 26 49 83 70 128 143 306 141 649 -6 957 -25 52 -61 116 -79 142 l-34 47 45 -20 c26 -10 76 -36 113 -56z m-2057 25 c-40 -58 -105 -190 -130 -263 -110 -324 -59 -707 132 -981 25 -35 42 -64 37 -64 -19 0 -241 119 -326 174 -188 122 -406 314 -532 468 l-58 71 108 103 c185 178 428 349 672 473 66 33 121 60 123 61 2 0 -10 -19 -26 -42z\"\/><path d=\"M2375 1950 c-198 -44 -350 -190 -395 -379 -18 -76 -8 -221 19 -290 114 -284 457 -406 731 -260 98 52 188 154 231 260 27 69 37 214 19 290 -38 163 -166 304 -326 360 -67 23 -215 33 -279 19z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/i> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev95.site\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You won\u2019t recognize some of the names on this list of exceptional women. 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