- Published: 6 November 2025
- ISBN: 9781529961195
- Imprint: Ebury Digital
- Format: Audio Download
- RRP: $36.99
Legenda
The Real Women Behind the Myths that Shaped Europe
- Published: 6 November 2025
- ISBN: 9781529961195
- Imprint: Ebury Digital
- Format: Audio Download
- RRP: $36.99
This is a history like no other, a top-down story of nationhood and mythology, a dazzling assessment of the past through the lens of the present and a rallying cry for the importance of history. Most of all, it's a plea to consider the real flesh-and-blood women who made the world rather than their sanitised, mythologised counterparts. A fabulous, invigorating and beguiling read
Kate Mosse, author of LABYRINTH and WARRIOR QUEENS & QUIET REVOLUTIONARIES
Breathtaking and urgent. From dismantling assumptions about legendary women's assigned roles as mothers of nations to re-instating them as powerful agents of change, Ramirez expands our understanding of womanhood. This book is a tour de force
Olivette Otele, author of AFRICAN EUROPEANS
Sensational! Janina Ramirez is writing women back into history one by one
Lauren Laverne
Janina Ramirez fearlessly deconstructs the dangerous historical myths and legends that have been shamelessly created to stoke division and hatred, finding complexity, truth and inspiration in this stunning - and shockingly relevant - new analysis of medieval history
Alice Roberts, author of ANCESTORS
A brilliant concept, conveyed with that dynamo mix: academic authority and storytelling pizzaz!
Alice Loxton, author of EIGHTEEN
In Legenda, the legendary Janina Ramirez strikes again. I love the way she cuts through the myths with her fierce mind. Stirring stuff
Lucy Worsley, author of AGATHA CHRISTIE and JANE AUSTEN AT HOME