Amazon Origins

R. H. Kent

ISBN 10: 1481785591 / ISBN 13: 9781481785594

Editore: Authorhouse UK, 2013

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - In the waning light of a warm evening, two voices arguing could be heard carried through the sill air, the deep rumbling growl of an angry man and the high-pitched screams of a pleading woman. Across the courtyard of the villa, a two-summers-old child sat on the stone floor of the nursery while her scandalized nurse pressed her ear up against the shutters of the window, listening with baited breath to the argument between the master and his wife. 'Four children, I have given you four children, I am your wife and I can give you more . . .' The woman's voice was desperate and pleading, but the man's voice, her husband's voice, was resentful and remorseless. 'No. You have given me four daughters, four worthless and expensive daughters. I need sons, and you, woman, have not given me sons, what good wife would give her husband daughters when he only wanted sons to inherit his name and his business ' 'I will give you sons, we just have to be patient and pray to the gods that they bless us soon.' 'No. You cannot carry any more children. The last three pregnancies didn't even go full term. You can no longer give birth to live children, and what good is a dead son to me ' The man was incensed with rage; a wife's duty was to provide a male heir, the more the better. Daughters were a costly addition to any family. An intelligent man may be able to marry his daughter up into a wealthier or political family, which would give him an advantage to advance himself and his sons, but to do that, the man had to hope that his daughter would grow up to be pretty, because a plain or ugly daughter would be expensive to endower to ensure another family took the responsibility of care out of his hands and his coffers. As the prying nurse listened, she could hear the sobs wracking her mistress's body and imagined the tears that would be running down her grimacing face, making her look older and more ugly than what was good for her. All the servants knew that the master's eye had been wandering over other younger, prettier women who had come to visit the villa over the past few months. His desire for a male heir had him driven to consider the costly venture of putting aside his current wife and marrying a younger woman who could give him what he wanted.

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• Titolo: Amazon Origins
• Editore: Authorhouse UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1481785591
• ISBN 13: 9781481785594
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 229 L x 152 A x 41 P (millimetri) 229 millimetri di larghezza per 152 millimetri di altezza per 41 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 1121 grammi

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Riassunto

In the dark recess of history, women were considered property of first their father and then their husband, an established tradition for hundreds of years. Just what would have to happen for one woman to decide that enough was enough? And on her journey through life as she gathered like-minded women with her, how did they manage to become the legendary Amazons in a time when men ruled the world?...”
Reading this book; you don’t just observe the story, you experience it.

L'autore

At some point as a child living in London, England, key historic figures such as Briton's Boudicca and France's Joan of Arc would be read in school, some with more interest than others. However the author was fascinated by these strong unique women, and continued to read further into strong women as far back as Ancient Egypt's Hatshepsut and Cleopatra, to England's Queen Elizabeth I. During her reading she came across the famous Amazons, a group of warrior women whose name is a derivative from Greek mythology but allegedly the women came from what is now modern day Turkey, who refused to kowtow to the supremacy of men and were both admired and vilified for their defiance, inspiring a life long interest in these legendary women. There is no genesis for the origins of the Amazons but while volunteering in a women's centre near where she lived and training to become a mental health nurse, the author began to meet women and see how life experiences can shape them and change them forever whether for better or worse depends on that woman and this inspired the author to wonder just what would give enough cause for a group of women to absconded from the life that had been laid out for them and become the legendary Amazons we know so little about today. Incorporating life experiences and her knowledge about cognition and behaviours which are both innate and learned through life experiences.