Used book – The Princess of Thebes, Volume 1: The Pharaoh, Violaine Vanoyeke

In Thebes, facing the Valley of the Kings, Queen Ahmose despairs: she has not given Pharaoh Thutmose a male heir. Of her two daughters, only one survived: Hatshepsut. And her half-brothers, children of Thutmose's other wives, intend to take advantage of this twist of fate...But the little princess has character. Despite her young age, she will gradually assert herself, thwarting plots and traps one by one, until she becomes the first and only woman to rule over Egypt as a pharaoh. An undisputed specialist in Egyptian civilization, Violaine Vanoyeke magnificently tells us this extraordinary destiny, made of struggles, glory, and love. She brings to life the sumptuous Egypt of the 18th Dynasty around Hatshepsut, taking us as far as Mesopotamia and Crete.