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The Woman Who Would Be King

Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt

by Kara Cooney

2014 298 pages

Hatshepsut—the daughter of a general who usurped Egypt's throne and a mother with ties to the previous dynasty—was born into a privileged position in the royal household, and she was expected to bear the sons who would legitimize the reign of her father’s family. Her failure to produce a male heir w…

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