Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh by Joyce A. Tyldesley Paperback Book

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Rent Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh

Author: Joyce A. Tyldesley

Format: Quality Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Books

Published: Jul 1998

Genre: Biography & Autobiography - Historical

Retail Price: $18.00

Pages: 304

Synopsis

Egypt's Queen--or, as she would prefer to be remembered, King--Hatchepsut ruled over an age of peace, prosperity, and remarkable architectural achievement (c. 1490 b.c.). Had she been born a man, her reign would almost certainly have been remembered for its stable government, successful trade missions, and the construction of one of the most beautiful structures in the world--the Deir el-Bahri temple at Luxor. After her death, however, her name and image were viciously attacked, her monuments destroyed or usurped, her place in history systematically obliterated. At last, in this dazzling work of archaeological and historical sleuthing, Joyce Tyldesley rescues this intriguing figure from more than two thousand years of oblivion and finally restores the female pharaoh to her rightful prominence as the first woman in recorded history to rule a nation.

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