By now, it's common knowledge that Disney movies should never be taken as the authority on a story, be it fairy tale or historical account. The little mermaid in the movie doesn't turn into sea foam but marries the prince, Cinderella's stepsisters get to keep their eyeballs and toes, and Quasimodo and Esmeralda don't perish in a heap of bones. You get the idea. History, however, is a lot more interesting. Luckily for us, illustrator and animator Jason Porath brings us Rejected Princesses, which he describes as "Women too awesome, awful, or offbeat for kids' movies." He's worked on a...