Displaying 1 of 1 2014 Format: Book Author: Cooney, Kara. Title: The woman who would be king / Kara Cooney. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Crown, 2014. Description: xii, 298 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, plans, maps on endpapers ; 25 cm. 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. Subjects: Hatshepsut, Queen of Egypt. Queens -- Egypt -- Biography. Pharaohs -- Biography. Egypt -- History -- Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C. Egypt -- Kings and rulers -- Biography. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-289) and index. 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. LCCN: 2014000243 ISBN: 9780307956767 0307956768 Other Number: 856980981 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 443902 # Local items in: 0 # System items in: 0 Call Number: BIO Hatsheps Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
