About the book: year / The series of lectures “Women in History” is dedicated to outstanding women of different eras and different countries: Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, Cleopatra, Alienor of Aquitaine, Joan of Arc, Jadwiga, Catherine de Medici, Cixi, Mary Tudor, Mary Stuart, Marie Antoinette, Victoria, who played a significant role in world history. What does portrait historian Natalia Basovskaya think about these personalities? What portraits, based on documents, historical evidence, scientific works, will she draw? We can find out at her lectures.