A Woman in History

This book is a fascinating biography of Eileen Power a major British historian who once ranked in fame alongside Tawney Trevelyan and Toynbee. Using letters diaries and reminiscences Maxine Berg recreates the life of this charismatic personality describing for the first time Power''s remarkable intellectual and scholarly achievements at a time when she was acting very much outside the female role. Power''s ability coupled with her vivid personality made her history compelling reading and listening to a generation of students.