{"product_id":"woman-who-would-be-king-hatshepsuts-rise-to-power-in-ancient-egypt","title":"Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWoman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eKara Cooney\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780307956774\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eCrown\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2015\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of her audacious rise to power.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHatshepsut--the daughter of a general who usurped Egypt's throne--was expected to bear the sons who would legitimize the reign of her father's family. Her failure to produce a male heir, however, paved the way for her improbable rule as a cross-dressing king. At just over twenty, Hatshepsut out-maneuvered the mother of Thutmose III, the infant king, for a seat on the throne, and ascended to the rank of pharaoh.\u003cp\u003eShrewdly operating the levers of power to emerge as Egypt's second female pharaoh, Hatshepsut was a master strategist, cloaking her political power plays in the veil of piety and sexual reinvention. She 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConstructing 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Would Be King\u003c\/i\u003e traces the unconventional life of an almost-forgotten pharaoh and explores our complicated reactions to women in power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Crown","offers":[{"title":"Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt | Kara Cooney | Paperback | 9780307956774 | Used: Very Good | Biography 1640011","offer_id":50706539151618,"sku":"1640011","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/51pTGg9tbKL.jpg?v=1791673665","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/woman-who-would-be-king-hatshepsuts-rise-to-power-in-ancient-egypt","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}