All Hail the Queen: Twenty Women Who Ruled

Description

In this elegant gift book, Jennifer Orkin Lewis breathes colorful new life into the stories of exceptional women monarchs from around the world. From Cleopatra to Marie Antoinette and Empress Wu Zetian to Queen Liliuokalani, these powerful leaders have captured imaginations throughout the ages. Readers will be enthralled by their gorgeously illustrated stories told in entertaining text by writer Shweta Jha.

Jennifer Orkin Lewis is an artist, illustrator, and author living in New York. Her illustrations have been featured on products for Anthropologie, Kate Spade, and many more. Her previous books include Draw Every Day Every Way and Love Found (also from Chronicle Books). You can see more of her work at www.augustwren.com. Shweta Jha is a writer and freelance journalist. Her work has been featured in the New York Post and the Lost Angeles Times, among others. She is currently working on her first novel. She lives in San Francisco.

"Writer Shweta Jha contributed the text for this intriguing book, which tracks the careers of Cleopatra, Catherine the Great, Elizabeth I, and Marie Antoinette, as well as those of less familiar figures, like Japanese ruler Himiko and Maya queen Lady Six Sky. Some were born monarchs; others achieved eminence through marriage. Nearly all of them--as is only fitting for a queen--led operatic existences filled with incident and spectacle. Jennifer Orkin Lewis's lush, colorful artwork gives readers a sense of the time and place that produced each leader--and of what the lady herself might have looked like.... Perfectly suited to its subject matter, this regal volume has golden endpapers and a cover that sparkles." --BookPage