Mujeres de armas tomar

Throughout history, the use of weapons -and the glorious destiny associated with them- was reserved for men, whether they were noble or rogue. However, queens like Hatshepsut, Boudica or Matilde de Canossa, or fighters like Mary Read, Anne Bonny or María Barrachina dared to rebel against the established norms and took charge of their destiny, sword or pistol in hand. Strong, fierce, brave and fighters, this is how the women who parade through the pages of Women of Arms to take were, an entertaining and informative essay in which its protagonists come to life and move us with their tragedies and victories. With humor and an excellent narrative pulse, Luis Soravilla presents the lives of women who, whether for professional reasons (expanding the borders of their empire) or personal reasons (rescuing their lover from a convent), took up arms to fight for a destiny that they wanted to build themselves.