Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest

First published between 1840 and 1849, Strickland's landmark work provides biographical accounts of the queens of England from Matilda of Flanders, wife of William the Conqueror, to Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch. Volume 2 begins with Isabella of Valois (1313-1383), and ends with Anne Boleyn (1501-1536).