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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cooney, Kara
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown, [2014], ©2014.
New York : [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Hatshepsut, > King of Egypt.
Queens > Egypt > Biography.
Pharaohs > Biography.
Kings and rulers.
Pharaohs.
Queens.
Egypt > History > Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C.
Egypt > Kings and rulers > Biography.
NonFiction.
Historical.
Political.
Genre:
Biography.
NonFiction.
Historical.
Political.
Physical Description:xii, 298 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 25 cm
Variant Title:
Hatshepsut's rise to power in ancient Egypt.
Format: Book
Description
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.
Note:Maps on lining papers.
Call Number:DT87.15 .C66 2014
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780307956767 (hc.)
0307956768 (hc.)