Sometimes, in their velvet glove hid an iron fist, and in the pleasant folds of their dresses with multiple petticoats vibrated an unsuspected political sense.
Effective sovereigns, inspired regents or discreet queens, they heralded the strong prime ministers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Under the direction of our colleague from
Figaro
Anne Fulda, 20 of the most eminent historians and journalists (Bruno Dumézil, Martin Aurell, Simone Bertière; Georges Ayache, Emmanuel Hecht, Sébastien Falletti, Vincent Hugeux, etc.) have studied these women of Exceptional condition.
Among them, Marie-Antoinette - who revealed herself in the last months of her husband's reign;
Cleopatra - so unjustly denigrated by the Roman and masculine historiography of her time;
Marie-Thérèse of Austria and Catherine II, powerful women if ever there were one;
Victoria, at the origin of the unprecedented process of democratization of the English monarchy;
the mysterious Chinese Empress Cixi, etc.
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