The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt

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An engrossing biography of the longest reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of her audacious rise to power in a man s world Hatshepsut, the daughter of a general who took Egypt s throne without status as a king s son and a mother with ties to the previous dynasty, was born into a privileged position of the royal household Married to her brother, she was expected to bear the sons who would legitimize the reign of her father s family Her failure to produce a male heir was ultimately the twist of fate that paved the way for her inconceivable rule as a cross dressing king At just twenty, Hatshepsut ascended to the rank of king in an elaborate coronation ceremony that set the tone for her spectacular twenty two year reign as co regent with Thutmose III, the infant king whose mother Hatshepsut out maneuvered for a seat on the throne Hatshepsut was a master strategist, cloaking her political power plays with the veil of piety and sexual expression Just as women today face obstacles from a society that equates authority with masculinity, Hatshepsut had to shrewdly operate the levers of a patriarchal system to emerge as Egypt s second female pharaoh.Hatshepsut had 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 Scholars have long speculated as to why her images were destroyed within a few decades of her death, all but erasing evidence of her rule 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. Download The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt – kino-fada.fr Full disclosure I requested an ARC of this book and was approved for it.I m an Egyptologist, so it ll be no surprise if I reveal that I have been quite eager to get my hands on this book The author is not a new name to me in fact I reviewed her tv series a few years back I d recommend it to beginners wholeheartedly, though it didn t really offer anything new to me and a new biography of Hatshepsut is definitely a cause for excitement The last Hatshepsut biography I ve seen was Joyce Tyl Full disclosure I requested an ARC of this book and was approved for it.I m an Egyptologist, so it ll be no surprise if I reveal t...Disclaimer ARC via the publisher and Netgalley When you think of an Egyptian female ruler, who do you think of If the answer is Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra, Dr Kara Cooney wants to talk to you I have to admit that Dr Cooney annoyed me a bit in the introduction I swear if I saw the phrase twenty two years of experience again I was going to smack someone I was reading this on my Kindle, so I couldn t throw it But after reading this excellent book, I can see why she might feel that s Disclaimer ARC via the publisher and Netgalley When you think of an Egyptian female ruler, w...www.melissa413readsalot.blogspot.comI had no idea Hatshepsut was a KING That is just so cool She was the first woman to have a long term as a King I know I shouldn t say this in a review, but I used to always say I want to be King and my friends would say don t you mean Queen and I m like. no KING So this is really cool to find out See what all you find out when you read just about everything out there Some of the things went over my head a little in the book And the author wrote a lo www.melissa413readsalot.blogspot.comI had no idea Hatshepsut was a KING That is just so cool She was the first woman to have a long term as a King I know I shouldn t say this in a review, but I used to always say I want to be King and my friends would say don t you mean Queen and I m like. no KING So this is really cool to find out See what all you find out when you read just about everything out there Some of the things went over my head a little in the book And the author wrote a lot like this may have happened, but she clearly states in the preface there isn t a whole lot of records etc She did hav...Next year, Hilary Mantel will publish the eagerly awaited final volume in her Thomas Cromwell trilogy Like the other two, this will win a Man Booker Prize The night of her big award, Hilary will relax in her fluffy armchair under the wise gaze of three golden trophies on her mantle Do they do that Or is that just for Oscars Hilary will immediately start to fret and ask herself oh dear, what will I write next That night, she will pick up this book The next morning, her publisher will a Next year, Hilary Mantel will publish the eagerly awaited final volume in her Thomas Cromwell trilogy Like the other two, this will win a Man Booker Prize The night of her big award, ...Kara Cooney is a professor of Egyptian art and architecture As such, her treatise on the life and rule of Hatshepsut is quite academic From the description, I was expecting afictionalized tale, written as a story instead of a chronological account of the period and the monarch riddled with footnotes Also, since much of the minutiae of Hatshepsut s life is not known, possibilities of what might have happened are strewn throughout The myriad sentences and passages beginning with words an Kara Cooney is a professor of Egyptian art and architecture As such, her treatise on the life and rule of Hatshepsut is quite academic From the description, I was expecting afictionalized tale, written as a story instead of a chronological account of the period and the monarch riddled with footnotes Also, since much of the minutiae of Hatshepsut s life is not known, possibilities of what might ha...My number one complaint about The Woman Who Would Be King is the writing style choice of the author s The writing wassuited for historical fiction but included biographical moments as well Ultimately the author needed to decide if she wanted to write HF or NF, sadly she chose to mix the two and it does not mix Overall I would not say this classifies as a biography, at least not a true one.Although my number one complaint is the author s writing style choice, it is followed very closely My number one complaint about The Woman Who Would Be King is the writing style choice of the author s The writing wassuited for historical fiction but included biographical moments as well Ultimately the author needed to decide if she wanted to write HF or NF, sadly she chose to mix the two and it does not mix Overall I would not say this classifies as a biography, at least not a true one.Although my number one complaint is the author s writing style choice, it is followed very closely by the author s conjecture This conjecture is directly tied into the HF since we cannot even begin to really know what a figure in history from thousands of years ago felt at a given moment or made a decision ...I just read Cooney s most recent book When Women Ruled the World I was impressed enough to hunt down other of Cooney s publications I found this one about the life of Hatshepsut.Hatshepsut ruled Egypt as Pharaoh approximately 3500 years ago She reigned for twenty two years Apparently, Hatshepsut was the High Priestess...To sum up this book in one sentence Hatshepsut was a badass No, seriously From a disturbingly young age, she was considered the wife of the god Amun, which involved daily ceremonies in which she had to give handjobs to a statue with a huge boner in the words of Buffy Summers, Note to self religion freaky Then around the time she hit puberty, she was married off to her brother, because that was how Ancient Egypt rolled She failed to produce a son or at least a son that lived , and then To sum up this book in one sentence Hatshepsut was a badass No, seriously From a disturbingly young age, she was conside...Hatshepsut Reign c 1479 1458 BC 18th Dynasty was a daughter of a general who took Egypt s throne in 1478 BC without status or right as a son of any king whatsoever so her road to power was lengthy and quite extraordinary, the lady was a fighter, a voice of power coming through a female that actually wanted well being for all Her previous ties to a royal household were probably of help but she still had to marry her brother, and was of course expected to bear sons, her life resembled a Game Hatshepsut Reign c 1479 1458 BC 18th Dynasty was a daughter of a general who took Egypt s throne in 1478 BC without status or right as a son of any king whatsoever so her road to power was lengthy and quite extraordinary, the lady was a fighter, a voice of power coming through a female that actually wanted well being for all Her previous ties to a royal household were probably of help but she still had to marry her brother, and was of course expected to bear sons, her life resembled a Game of Thrones set where she had to dress up and play parts to get her way to get to pass anything and ultimately rule Apparently she was considered one of the first informed women, meaning that no one ever asked enough lol This was a captivating and refreshing read on someone I ve heard of all my life She was rare, one of the most successful pharaohs that ever rules so I say that this is a great book for any library.I ve known of Hatshepsut f...Maybe a 3 Pushing itMuch of this is based on conjecture Sorry this was audio so I can t spell any names to save my life, but most of what is described of her reign is based on generalities except for her great architectural blessings Did not realize the ancient...

The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
  • English
  • 07 January 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 298 pages
  • 0307956768
  • Kara Cooney
  • The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt