Bibliograph

The woman who would be king, Kara Cooney

Type

Label

The woman who would be king, Kara Cooney

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-289) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

platesmapsplansillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The woman who would be king

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

856980981

Responsibility statement

Kara Cooney

Summary

A portrait of the longest-reigning woman pharaoh in Ancient Egypt draws on surviving artifacts to consider her unprecedented rise, her achievements and why most of her monuments were destroyed after her death

Table Of Contents

Divine origins -- A place of her own -- King's great wife -- Regent for a baby king -- The climb toward kingship -- Keeping the kingship -- The king becomes a man -- The setting sun -- The king is dead; long live the king -- Lost legacy

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