Pale riders: Adrienne Mayor’s “The Amazons” shows how a myth developed
A new book on warrior women reveals the true origins of a pervasive popular archetype.
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New Times,
New Thinking.
A new book on warrior women reveals the true origins of a pervasive popular archetype.
By Edith Hall