(P/B) THE WORLD'S WIFE

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That saying? Behind every famous man...? From Mrs Midas to Queen Kong, from Elvis’s twin sister to Pygmalion’s bride, they’re all here, in Carol Ann Duffy’s inspired and inspirational collection, The World’s Wife. Witty and thought-provoking, this is a tongue-in-cheek, no-holds-barred look at the real movers and shakers across history, myth and legend. If you have ever wondered, for example, how exactly Darwin came up with his theory of evolution, or what, precisely, Frau Freud thought about her husband - then this is the book for you, as the wives of the great, the good, the not so good, and the legendary are given a voice in Carol Ann Duffy’s sparkling and inventive collection. (from the publisher)

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Little red-cap
Thetis
Queen herod
Mrs Midas
From Mrs Tiresias
Pilate's wife
Mrs Aesop
Mrs Darwin
Mrs Sisyphus
Mrs Faust
Delilah
Anne Hathaway
Queen Kong
Mrs Quasimodo
Medusa
The Devil's wife
Circe
Mrs Lazarus
Pygmalion's bride
Mrs Rip Van Winkle
Mrs Icarus
Frau Freud
Salome
Eurydice
The Kray Sisters
Elvis's twin sister
Pope Joan
Penelope
Mrs Beast
Demeter