A review by hattifattener
The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney

3.0

3.5/5. Very interesting woman and peek into the past, but the writing is unremarkable. It's serviceable, but without craft. I do appreciate that Cooney offers many possibilities for everything, from the various years a figure is theorized to have died, to the various ways Cooney personally theorizes a figure might have felt at an important moment in their life. However, if I hadn't been warned about all the qualifying "perhaps"s, "might"s, and "possibly"s, I may well have found it comical or annoying.

Anyway, for the content, this is a worthy read I'd recommend to anyone. I have been convinced Hatshepsut is singular and worthy of memorializing. I'd happily read another, more artfully-written, biography about her, should it be published.