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What Would Boudicca Do?
Everyday Problems Solved by History's Most Remarkable Women
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Tired of your boss bropropriating your ideas and presenting them as his own?
Wondering if the pursuit of having it all has in fact resulted in having not very much?
It is time to start channelling the spiky superwomen of history to conquer today. It is time to turn to women like Frida Kahlo and Josephine Baker, Hypatia and Cleopatra, Coco Chanel and Empress Cixi. In this irreverent guide, they will help you figure out how to dispatch a loverat, back yourself, kill it at work, and trounce FoMo.
With original illustrations by Bijou Karman, What Would Boudicca Do? will make you fired-up and ready for anything.
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What Would Boudicca Do? by Beth Coates and Elizabeth Foley is praised for its witty, empowering take on blending historical figures with contemporary dilemmas, making it both enlightening and entertaining. The book creatively uses history to offer inspiration, drawing lessons from famous women of the past to tackle modern life challenges with humour and insight. Readers appreciate its accessible writing style and ability to make history relevant, while also delivering feminist messages in a playful manner.
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ISBN: 9780571340491
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 March 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 254g
Pages: 320
About the Author
E. Foley and B. Coates are editors based in London. Since working on this book they have begun to channel Elizabeth I's famed public-speaking skills and taken tips from Mrs Beeton when battling impostor syndrome. They are anything but impostors when it comes to writing. They are the bestselling authors of Homework for Grown-Ups (of which the Daily Telegraph said, 'This is an obvious candidate to take to a desert island, along with Shakespeare and the Bible'), Advanced Homework for Grown-Ups, Shakespeare for Grown-Ups, and the Homework for Grown-Ups Quiz Book. For regular inspiration from the historic sisterhood follow @FoleyCoates
Bijou Karman is an artist and illustrator from Los Angeles @bijoukarman
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