Download or read book The Lioness Roared written by C. Beem and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Beem uses Gender Studies and political and constitutional History to examine the problems faced by female rulers throughout British history, from the twelfth century Empress Matilda's imaginative efforts to become England's first regnant queen, to Queen Victoria's remarkable exercise of political power during the Bedchamber Crisis of 1839.