The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney

The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt

Kara Cooney

298 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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An engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of her audacious rise to power. Hatshepsut—the daughter of a general who usurped Egypt’s throne—was expected to bear the sons who would legitimize th...

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