http://gladiatrix.booklocker.com An eclectic collection of fact, fiction, and farce about warrior women. Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:12:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today is an anniversary, on 10th September 1067 Lady Godgifu died. I’m sure you’ve heard of her, but you may not know it. She is the founder of the English city of Coventry, and would have been its overlord in her own right, and she was the wife ... http://gladiatrix.booklocker.com/2007/09/10/the-naked-warrior/ Agnes Randolph, Countess of Dunbar, March, and Moray. Quite a mouthful. But the title of a woman warrior to be reckoned with. Agnes, known often as “Black Agnes” because of her coloring, was the daughter of Isobel Stewart and Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray. Randolph ... http://gladiatrix.booklocker.com/2007/07/20/black-agnes-randolph-countess-and-warrior/ “But very soon after they had agreed to this she died, twelve nights before midsummer, in Tamworth, in the eighth year she was with rightful lordship holding Mercian rule. Her body lies in Colchester, in the east chapel of St. Peter’s Church.” So the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle bids good by to ... http://gladiatrix.booklocker.com/2007/06/04/this-warrior-was-a-lady/ Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival by Velma Wallis Harper Perennial; 1993. This is an excellent presentation of one of the many oral traditional stories of the Alaskan Athabascan people. (There are also Athabascan peoples in the Southwest, the Navajo and the Apache.) ... http://gladiatrix.booklocker.com/2007/04/12/triumph-knows-no-age-limit/ The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith Anchor Books; 1-4000-3477-9 This is a unique look at a number of interesting premises. Firstly, McCall Smith’s main character is female, and the narrative point of view includes her thoughts. Secondly, this particular detective agency is located in Botswana; not ... http://gladiatrix.booklocker.com/2007/03/13/woman-warrior-of-africa/ Warrior Woman  by Peter Aleshire.  St. Martin’s Press: 0-312-24408-8 In the introduction of his work, Aleshire begins boldly “The stories of Geronimo, Crazy Horse, and Custer pale beside the tale of another warrior -  one who fought relentlessly, successfully, and against all odds almost continuously for forty years.  This warrior fought ... http://gladiatrix.booklocker.com/2007/02/02/great-warrior-woman-of-the-apache/ The King of Terrors by Michael McLean – available online at: http://www.whispersofthemuse.org/Lit/Literary.htm (just scroll down to “Literary Longs” and it is linked chapter by chapter.) San Miguel, a small mountain town in northern New Mexico, is the site of the Catholic University of St. Michael. The University has been plagued for two ... http://gladiatrix.booklocker.com/2007/01/03/a-modern-warrior-woman/ Larger than Death by Lynne Murray, St Martin’s Minotaur; 0-312-97277-6 A woman must be a warrior when her body moves from the voluptuous to the Reubenesque; culturally we do not approve of or accept those who are not rail thin and muscular.  Josephine Fuller, the unrepentant sleuth mentioned above, is full ... http://gladiatrix.booklocker.com/2006/12/01/a-sleuth-of-size-who-does-not-apologize/ The Jupiter Myth by Lindsey Davis.  Warner Books, 2003.  0892967773 Marcus Didius Falco, informer for the Roman Emperor Vespasian, is stuck in Britannia.  Having been sent by Vespasian, he remains (much against his will) to allow his wife (morally and legally above his touch, but a woman tends to get what ... http://gladiatrix.booklocker.com/2006/11/10/female-gladiators-and-a-corpse-in-a-well/ After the destruction of three towns and the IX Hispania, Boudicca marshaled her forces, and set off in pursuit of the governor.  To regain their freedom, to throw off the hated Roman yoke once and for all, they needed to win in open battle.  Boudicca certainly understood this.  The fact ... http://gladiatrix.booklocker.com/2006/11/03/the-great-celtic-warrior-woman-of-britain-part-iii/