Kara Cooney is an associate professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture at UCLA in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. In 2005, she was co-curator of Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Cooney produced a comparative archaeology series with her husband, Neil Crawford, entitled Out of Egypt, which aired in 2009 on the Discovery Channel and is streaming on Netflix.
'An entertaining and well-researched biography on a lesser-known -
but no less influential and powerful Egyptian woman'.
*History Revealed*
'With rigorous scholarship and a lively sense of sisterhood, Cooney
retrieves Hatshepsut in her own times and liberates her as a woman
for ours'
*The Times*
‘Hatshepsut’s story provides all the ingredients required of
a modern bestseller’
*Mail on Sunday*
'Kara Cooney has written a lively, engaging, historically accurate
account of one of the most controversial of Egypt’s female
pharaohs, Hatshepsut. Cooney presents an accessible story of
Hatshepsut’s rise to power until her demise, bringing ancient
Egypt, its people, and its rulers to life.'
*Salima Ikram, Professor of Egyptology, American University in
Cairo*
'Engrossing and compulsively readable.'
*Time*
‘The life of Hatshepsut, Egypt’s second female pharaoh, was replete
with opulent living, complex royal bloodlines, and sexual energy;
in short, the kind of drama that fuels Ancient Egypt’s enduring
appeal…From Hatshepsut’s self-perception, political prowess, and
lifestyle emerge an image of the ‘ultimate working mother’ and a
compelling insight into ancient gender roles.’
*Publishers Weekly*
‘Cooney's detective work finally brings out the story of a great
woman's reign.’
*Kirkus Reviews*
‘Egyptologist Cooney peels back the layers of the life of
Hatshepsut, Egypt’s second female pharaoh, providing a
multidimensional portrait of a woman of strength, intelligence, and
substance.’
*Booklist*
‘The Woman Who Would Be King is a fascinating look at one of
the most formidable and successful women in all of ancient history.
Before Cleopatra there was Hatshepsut. Now, thanks to Kara Cooney,
the real Hatshepsut stands before us in all her glory. For the
first time we have a full-length biography of her that is not only
a great scholarly work but also a marvelous read.’
*Amanda Foreman, author of The Duchess and A World on Fire:
Britain’s Crucial Role in the American Civil War*
‘The compelling biography of a fascinating woman: the
daughter, wife and stepmother of kings, who defied tradition to
rule the most powerful nation in the Mediterranean world as
pharaoh. Cooney tells her tale with authority, sensitivity and
imagination. It is a tale that deserves to be told.’
*Joyce Tyldesley, author of Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt and
Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh*
‘What Stacy Schiff did for Cleopatra, Kara Cooney has done for
Hatshepsut. An absolutely fantastic read about one of the most
powerful Pharaoh-Queens in ancient Egypt. Completely
unputdownable!’
*Michelle Moran, bestselling author of Nefertiti*
‘The story of Hatshepsut, the woman who ruled Egypt as Pharaoh, is
an amazing tale and Dr Cooney tells it in a very personal way.
Readers are going to love this version!’
*Bob Brier, author of The Murder of Tutankhamen*
‘This biography of Hatshepsut is an ideal blend of historical
analysis and an imaginative story. Cooney’s narrative flows as
if it were a novel, but at the same time illuminates the
historical, economic, social, and religious context of Hatshepsut’s
world, and that of the people surrounding her. The reader is
given a glimpse into a vibrant ancient world—one that we oftentimes
forget about in the midst of all the granite and mudbrick that
remains today. Writing a biography of a woman about whom there
is little archival information is difficult, to say the
least. Nevertheless, Cooney presents a seamless picture of
Hatshepsut’s life and her rise to power in ancient
Egypt.’
*Professor Kathleen Sheppard, author of The Life of Margaret Alice
Murray: A Woman's Work in Archaeology*
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