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The woman who would be king / Kara Cooney.
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]
- Copyright: ©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. |
Search for related items by subject
| 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. |
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- 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 |
