The Woman Who Would Be King

from girlwonder87

This book was very well researched and covers Hatshepsut's childhood through the destruction of her images after her death. It's presented in a relatively easy to read manner, and doesn't have a lot of archaeological jargon thrown in. I thought it was a fascinating read, but I have an interest in...

from MarysGirl

I have read historical fiction about Hatshepsut in the past, but little non-fiction. I'm lucky to live in New York where the Metropolitan Museum of Art has a wonderful Egyptian section and featured a Hatshepsut exhibition a few years ago. One of the reasons we have so many statues of her is becau...

from Storeetllr

Well-researched, but there is just too little archaeological evidence on the reign of Hatshepsut for a full-length book. I think a shorter work, like a treatise or monograph, would have been sufficient. I did enjoy learning about some of the more esoteric details about religious rituals and polit...

from kbuchanan

In this intriguing work, Cooney takes on the challenging prospect of tackling a full-length biography of a woman about whom we know relatively little. As Cooney states in her work, this has as much to do with the way that information was recorded and represented in ancient Egypt as it does to the...

from mabith

Writing about ancient Egypt is a difficult task, and Cooney leaves us with an interesting book which gives us a lot to think about. One of the big problems with writing about the rulers in ancient Egypt is that the king-ship was seen as a sacred position, and the holiness of it could not be sulli...