The bestselling, critically acclaimed new women's history book from Philippa Gregory - adapted for teen and YA readers!
Shortlisted for the SLA Information Book Award 2026!
Today, when we think of women of the past, we often think of the 1800s and 1900s - crinolines and stage coaches, bonnets and balls - a time when women were told they were naturally inferior to men, and must stay at home while men went out to work and have fun.
HUGE MISTAKE! There is so much more to women's history than bonnets and big dresses! Ordinary women have been doing extraordinary things FOR EVER - it just didn't make the history books (written by men!).
Join multi-award-winning author Philippa Gregory as she tells the story of ordinary English women, making history for 900 years. Meet farmers, highwaywomen, pirates, 'female husbands', slaves, soldiers, criminals, writers, inventors, rioters and more - protesting, working, playing, taking risks, getting rich (and getting even!). Their story is one of ingenuity, diversity, rebellion, survival - and sisterhood.
Adapted by Philippa Gregory from her best-selling, critically acclaimed Normal Women. This edition for younger readers has simplified, age-tailored content, delivered in bitesize sections, and is illustrated throughout by award-winning printmaker Alexis Snell.
Also available as an audio book - shortlisted for the British Audio Awards 2025!
PRAISE FOR NORMAL WOMEN (teen edition):
'Impressively researched, by turns inspiring and chilling … brilliantly told' - Cressida Cowell
'This book is redemption for unsung female heroes. Prepare to feel aghast, proud and inspired' - Geri Halliwell
'Uplifting and empowering' - Edwina Dunn, The Female Lead
PRAISE FOR NORMAL WOMEN (main edition):
A NEW STATESMEN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023
'A lasting work of social history' THE TIMES
'A genuinely new history of our nation' DAN JONES
'This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history' SPECTATOR
'Philippa Gregory uses all her bestseller skills to weave a narrative with pace' ANTONIA FRASER
'You'll lose count of the number of things you learn about women and their skewed place in history … the book reframes the past … an essential read' INDEPENDENT, FIVE-STAR REVIEW
| ISBN: | 9780008725075 |
| Publication date: | 27th February 2025 |
| Author: | Philippa Gregory |
| Illustrator: | Alexis Snell |
| Publisher: | Red Shed an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 277 pages |
| Reading age: | 12+ |
| Primary Genre | History |
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The bestselling, critically acclaimed new women's history book from Philippa Gregory - adapted for teen and YA readers!Shortlisted for the SLA Information Book Award 2026!Today, when we think of women of the past, we often think of the 1800s and 1900s - crinolines and stage coaches, bonnets and balls - a time when women were told they were naturally inferior to men, and must stay at home while men went out to work and have fun.HUGE MISTAKE! There is so much more to women's history than bonnets and big dresses!
Normal Women is aimed at readers aged 12 and over.
Normal Women features in the following genres: History, Social and cultural history, Feminism and feminist theory, European history, Biography: general, History of ideas, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, General and world history, History and Archaeology, History: specific events and topics, Gender studies: women and girls, Gender studies, gender groups, Social groups, communities and identities, Society and culture: general, Society and Social Sciences, Biographies & Autobiographies, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Cultural studies, Cultural and media studies, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law, Law
Paperback, Hardback. £9.89, down from the £10.99 cover price. In Stock.
Normal Women was written by Philippa Gregory and published by Red Shed an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Normal Women has 277 pages
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.
