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We all know that tales of Lady Godiva- an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in order to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation imposed by her husband on his tenants.
Daniel Donoghue, a Professor of English at Harvard University, has quoted remarkably about Lady Godiva:
“Would anyone remember the story of Godiva if she lowered Coventry's taxes without taking her clothes off?”
It's true, maybe, we won't even remember her good deeds, since with a negative act she tried to instill and restore the good among her countrymen, and we remembered her as the bad woman who created history. And the author, Nicole Galland, who is an award winner screenwriter, has captured Godiva's tales in her new book, Godiva dating back to some 11th century in the very English kingdom where she portrayed those women who created history by getting entitled as "pagan", meaning irreligious.
Synopsis:
Lady Godiva and her nun friend, Mother Edgiva were two most popular woman of their times, Countess Godiva was known for her cheap tricks she used to manipulate powerful men with false promises to support her husband, Leofric, Earl of Mercia. Whereas Mother Edgiva was a pure virginal woman who was quite famous for her herbal medicinal treatments and of course due to her wisdom. Together with her husband, Godiva founded and endowed a Benedictine monastery at
