The Woman who Would be KingCrown, 2014 - 298 pagina's An engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of her audacious rise to power. Shrewdly operating the levers of power to emerge as Egypt's second female pharaoh, Hatshepsut was a master strategist, cloaking her political power plays in the veil of piety and sexual reinvention. She successfully negotiated a path from the royal nursery to the very pinnacle of authority, and her reign saw one of Ancient Egypt's most prolific building periods. Constructing a rich narrative history using the artifacts that remain, noted Egyptologist Kara Cooney offers a remarkable interpretation of how Hatshepsut rapidly but methodically consolidated power--and why she fell from public favor just as quickly. The Woman Who Would Be King traces the unconventional life of an almost-forgotten pharaoh and explores our complicated reactions to women in power. |
Inhoudsopgave
ONE Divine Origins | 5 |
TWO A Place of Her Own | 30 |
THREE Kings Great Wife | 51 |
FOUR Regent for a Baby King | 74 |
FIVE The Climb Toward Kingship | 99 |
SIX Keeping the Kingship | 127 |
SEVEN The King Becomes a Man | 151 |
EIGHT The Setting Sun | 172 |
NINE The King Is Dead Long Live | 192 |
TEN Lost Legacy | 211 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 233 |
FURTHER READING | 279 |
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt Kara Cooney Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2014 |
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt Kara Cooney Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2015 |
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt Kara Cooney Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2015 |