The Vixen Of Flanders: Matilda wife to the conqueror (English Edition)

To stand firm as the wife of a man as strong as William of Normandy demanded a personality built on courage and self belief. Matilda of Flanders was just such a woman. So wild and wilful that her parents despaired of her, she married the man who publically assaulted her for refusing his proposal. Not only did she bear nine children, but acted as regent for her husband, one of the few women in medieval history to rise to such a position of power. She survived war, intrigue and betrayal to stand as the first true queen of England, her blood still running through the veins of royalty to this day. This is a retelling of her story. History gave scant regard to the lives of women, and much of what we know is through the dry medium of legal documents. This book aims to flesh out her story, to try to touch what it must have been like to be in the centre of one of the most important events in European history, but also to imagine what it must have been like to be married to the thrusting forceful character that was William the Conqueror.