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This was a fascinating, well-researched, and enjoyable read about a powerful woman, who with her intelligence and influence, managed to raise herself higher than any woman before her.
The author made this very easy to read and while there are a lot of facts that are not known, she offers up researched and informed suggestions on how these people may have felt and behaved thousands of years ago.
Having limited knowledge of Egyptian history I loved finding out about royal life, the systems of the pharaohs, the religion and the daily life of these people.
The author obviously had great respect for the woman she was writing about and you cant but help be sucked into it, admiring and rooting for Hatshepsut too. I loved learning about her life and how far she was able to rise. What I found most incredibly frustrating was that even thousands of years ago women were still downtrodden and treated dreadfully to the point that Hatshepsut had to physically present herself as a man to regain the respect she was losing. And yet still, in this society where women are treated as second, Hatshepsut was able to climb to the top and will be remembered so, even after the men tried to wipe her face from all the pictures of her as king.
The author made this very easy to read and while there are a lot of facts that are not known, she offers up researched and informed suggestions on how these people may have felt and behaved thousands of years ago.
Having limited knowledge of Egyptian history I loved finding out about royal life, the systems of the pharaohs, the religion and the daily life of these people.
The author obviously had great respect for the woman she was writing about and you cant but help be sucked into it, admiring and rooting for Hatshepsut too. I loved learning about her life and how far she was able to rise. What I found most incredibly frustrating was that even thousands of years ago women were still downtrodden and treated dreadfully to the point that Hatshepsut had to physically present herself as a man to regain the respect she was losing. And yet still, in this society where women are treated as second, Hatshepsut was able to climb to the top and will be remembered so, even after the men tried to wipe her face from all the pictures of her as king.