The Queen Boudicca stands atop a chariot being pulled by two white horses. She's surrounded by other Britons. The caption reads "Boadicea the British Queen animating the Britons to defend their Country against the Romans".
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10 “Doomed” Women Who Faced Less-Than-Perfect Endings

ByAmy

Fairy tales always promise happy endings: the girl gets the prince, the fancy castle, and the happily-ever-after. In real life, women often face less-than-perfect endings. In her book Doomed Queens, author and illustrator Kris Waldherr writes about fifty women who “met bad ends”, to quote the book’s subtitle. In this blog post, I’ve chosen ten of these women with quite “doomed” endings who particularly caught my interest.