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The woman who would be king  Cover Image Book Book

The woman who would be king / Kara Cooney.

Cooney, Kara, (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780307956767 (hardcover) :
  • ISBN: 0307956768
  • Physical Description: xii, 298 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, plans, maps on endpapers ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Crown, [2014]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-289) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Hatshepsut, Queen of Egypt.
Queens > Egypt > Biography.
Pharaohs > Biography.
Egypt > History > Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C.
Egypt > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Genre: Biography.

Available copies

  • 2 of 3 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Mackenzie Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Mackenzie Public Library HAT (Text) 35192000252795 Biographies & Memoirs Volume hold Checked out 2025-04-14


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