A review by erikajay
When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt by Kara Cooney

2.0

I was so excited for this book, but ended up disappointed. I think the book was poorly written and the author was quite biased in her writing, which is something a historian should strive to avoid. One thing that really bothered me was the comparisons/references to modern day. Basically the entire introduction was about Hillary Clinton and Trump. Then we get several references to Clinton in the book, a comparison to Sting, and several mentions of Harvey Weinstein. None of those people should be mentioned at all in a book about Egyptian rulers. It really took away from the narrative and the comparisons were just so awkward and unnecessary that I couldn’t take a lot of this book seriously.