The book Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries is essential for history and feminism enthusiasts. Cinematic, illuminating, and deeply personal, it is for anyone who has wondered how history is formed. In this alternative and inspiring history, Kate Mosse sheds light on nearly 1,000 women from around the world, whose names and achievements deserve to be celebrated rather than forgotten:

• Rachel Carson, mother of the modern environmental movement
• Ethel Smyth, renowned British composer and virtuoso
• Anne Bonny, legendary 18th-century pirate and rogue
• Pauli Murray, pioneering civil rights activist in the USA
• Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneering 19th-century doctor
• Doria Shafik, Egyptian poet and leader of women's liberation
• Cornelia Sorabji, innovative women's rights activist in India
• Shirley Chisholm, the first female presidential candidate in the USA

As she researches the lives of these revolutionary women, Kate traces a novelistic story to discover a forgotten literary star in her family, reflecting the desire of many people to trace their roots.

The book is 432 pages long and was published in 2013, with dimensions of 13x13cm.