![]() ![]() Shortly after this, he died as well, and the new heir to the throne was a young child. Her powerful father, Thutmose I was dead, leaving a sickly heir, her husband and brother, Thutmose II. Written in an almost biographical format, The Woman Who Would Be King is about Hatshepsut and her reign as king of Egypt during the Eighteenth Dynasty.Īgainst all odds, and against early civilization’s strictures against women in power, Hatshepsut took firm control of the leadership of Egypt when her dynastic line was in trouble. I was hooked and couldn’t put the book down. Over the weekend, I read The Woman Who Would Be King, by Egyptologist Kara Cooney. It has always been an interest of mine, but never a passion. I even went so far as to purchase a few DVD courses a few years ago on Egyptian history, but haven’t studied them completely. ![]() ![]() The subject has always intrigued me, since much of the Bible’s early history is affected by Egypt. I don’t know all that much about Egyptian history. ![]()
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