Uppity Women of the Renaissance

Uppity Women of the Renaissance by Vicki Leon is a pleasure to read and it's a book you'll keep going back to. Leon knows how to make history fun and she has a knack for finding the most interesting characters from the past, and then bringing them back to life. If you've never read one of Vicki Leon's books, you're in for a real treat. Give one as a present to a reluctant reader, give one to yourself! Ms Leon is not just an excellent writer, but is also a fine historian. She has made it her mission to discover long lost women with spunk and brains, and to bring them to the public's eye. I'm a big fan of her's and have every book she's written. I especially like to give them as gifts since they are that rare combination of spirit, fun, frolic, sassiness, seriousness, and real history. Uppity Women of the Renaissance is one of Ms. Leon's very best. Highly recommended.

I recently purchased this and Ms Leon's Uppity Women of the Middle Ages. These books are a must. They are informative and fun and could have gone on for hundreds more pages without being boring. Being a published author I've read too many dull books for research. Ms Leon is the proverbial breath of fresh air!

This is a fun book that tells you a little bit about women from all walks of life during the renaissance. From the pope's cousin that poisons people, to the mistresses of kings. This book was cute and witty. It has black and white sketches. This is not a good reference book, but it lets you know about women that you've never heard of. She included the smallest incidents, such as the woman who sold bad meat from her cart to big incidents, such as the young girl who organized her family to stab her father to death (the lout deserved it). It uncovers correption in every court from the Vaticin to Denmark. This book highlights martyrs, wonderful mothers, artists, and even female blacksmiths. This is great book, and you would be a fool to not read it at least once. A great gift book or coffee table book. The only down side is that sometimes it is difficult to tell if the author is stating a fact or making a joke...such is the torcher of funny people.

This crazy writer, V. Leon, sure knows how to write! All the stories here are wild and crazy and fun to read. These books ought to be required reading in all the schools...I mean, why not make history fun for a change! Which Uppity Women of the Rennaissance surely does. I highly recommend it to everyone except the most uptight sorts, or them that are easily offended. I loved it!

This book is the funniest one you'll read about women you've never heard of! She gives each woman a page or two description with humor and history, and she makes you think of "uppity" as a great thing, but don't look for the dainty and softspoken women here. Laugh and learn about the forgotten women of the Renaissance.