Princesses Behaving Badly by Linda Rodríguez McRobbie

But none of these princesses felt constrained to our notions of “lady-like” behavior. Some were villains, some were heroes, some were just plain crazy. Princess Lakshmibai, who waged war on the battlefield with her toddler strapped to her back.Princess Olga of Kiev, who slaughtered her way to sainthood.Empress Elisabeth of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, who slept wearing a mask of raw veal.Princess Stephanie von Hohenlohe, a Nazi spy.But real princesses didn’t always get happy endings-and had very little in common with Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, or Ariel.įeaturing illustrations by Wicked cover artist, Douglas Smith, Princesses Behaving Badly tells the true stories of famous (Marie Antoinette Lucrezia Borgia)-and some not-so-famous-princesses throughout history and around the world, including: You’ve read the Brothers Grimm, you’ve watched the Disney cartoons, and you cheered as these virtuous women lived happily ever after. Yes, she gave up her title for love, which is the section the author put her under, but she never ‘behaved badly’ or broke rules so she doesn’t seem to fit this book.

The former Princess Nori, now Sayako Kuroda, is included in this book. Pop history meets a funny, feminist point-of-view in these illustrated tales of “royal terrors who make modern gossip queens seem as demure as Snow White” ( New York Post). Youve read the Brothers Grimm, youve watched the Disney cartoons, you cheered as these virtuous women lived happily ever. Some inclusions outside of the fictional princesses also caused me to raise an eyebrow.

These 30 true stories of take-charge princesses from around the world and throughout history offer a different kind of bedtime story.

Princesses Behaving Badly by Linda Rodríguez McRobbie