The woman who would be king
Title:
The woman who would be king
Author:
Cooney, Kara, author.
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Crown, [2014]
©2014
Physical Description:
xii, 298 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, plans, maps on endpapers, genealogical tables ; 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.
Language:
English
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.
ISBN:
9780307956767
Format :
Book
