Shelley Puhak

Prize-winning poet Shelley Puhak is the author of the new book The Dark Queens, from which this story is adapted. 

Stories from this author

Brunhild and Fredegund were two lesser-known but long-reigning and influential Frankish queens.

The Medieval Queens Whose Daring, Murderous Reigns Were Quickly Forgotten

Over the centuries, Brunhild and Fredegund were dismissed and even parodied. But a new book shows how they outwitted their enemies like few in history