The Tiger Queens by Stephanie Marie Thornton

In the late twelfth century, across the sweeping Mongolian gras.

I live with my husband and daughter in Alaska. Read 228 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. My first two novels, The Secret History: A Novel of Empress Theodora and Daughter of the Gods: A Novel of Ancient Egypt reimagine the lives of two of history’s forgotten women: Theodora of the Byzantine Empire and Pharaoh Hatshepsut.My third and fourth books center around the women who stood behind the greatest conquerors the world has ever seen. The Tiger Queens is the story of Genghis Khan’s wife and daughters, while The Conqueror’s Wife tells of the women who both loved and hated Alexander the Great. With my love of the ancient world, I also joined the H Team to help pen a collaborative novel, Song of War: A Novel of Troy in which I put a new spin on the story of Cassandra, King Priam’s cursed seer of a daughter. I love that Alice Roosevelts verve comes through-I can just imagine her at a White House dinner. The Tiger Queens sweeps the reader into the ruthless world of Genghis Khans wives and daughters with a gritty realism as intense as the eternal blue sky and blood-soaked steppes.

My newest book, American Princess: A Novel of First Daughter Alice Roosevelt, tells the story of Theodore Roosevelt’s hellion of a daughter and how she became Washington’s Other Monument. Critics Consensus: Mary and the Witchs Flower honors its creators Studio Ghibli roots with a gentle, beautifully animated story whose simplicity is rounded. I’m a writer and high school history teacher who has been obsessed with infamous women from history since I was twelve.

The Tiger Queens by Stephanie Marie Thornton