The Lion Queen — Christopher Nicole

Today Georgia is a small country existing in the shadow of Russia, but only 900 years ago the Georgians controlled an empire that stretched from the Black Sea to the Persian Gulf, the Mediterranean to the Caspian. This was the work of Queen Tamara, who, inheriting the throne at the age of twenty-five as King of the Georgians â€" there was no word for queen in the Georgian language â€" led her armies sword in hand. Accurately depicting a savage age, when life was cheap virtue non-existent, this is not for the faint-hearted, but it is also the tale of a remarkable relationship, and an undying love.