She is Nefertiti—beautiful and revered. With her husband, Akhenaten, she rules over Egypt, the most affluent, formidable, sophisticated empire in the ancient world. But an epic power struggle is afoot, brought on by the royal couple’s inauguration of an enlightened new religion and the construction of a magnificent new capital. The priests are stunned by the abrupt forfeiture of their traditional … traditional wealth and influence; the people resent the loss of their gods—and the army is enraged by the growing turbulence around them. Then, just days before the festival that will celebrate the new capital, Nefertiti vanishes.
Rahotep, the youngest chief detective in the Thebes division, has earned a reputation for his unorthodox yet effective methods. Entrusted by great Akhenaten himself with a most secret investigation, Rahotep has but ten days to find the missing Queen. If he succeeds, he will bask in the warmth of Akhenaten’s favor. But if Rahotep fails, he and his entire family will die.
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The easy way to learn history is through historical fiction and this is a very good example.
So like most 90’s kids, I have been obsessed with ancient Egypt since the Mummy franchise first took over back in the late 90’s. This book is the absolute perfect does for all of you who have been waiting for more of the mysterious ancient Egyption history to be made fun and easy to follow.
it’s so well written (and researched) it’s almost as if you’re right there with the characters. It’s cool to get a different vantage point from history, in a way
I found the characters to be realistic, and appreciated the historical accuracy of Nefertiti.
I love this book. I’ve actually read, I believe, everything that Michelle Morin has written and have found every book to be exceptionally well done. Her historic research is impeccable, the characters are alive and jump off the pages. I always look forward to finding new books by Michelle.
Very informative, entertaining historical novel. I learned so much about the culture and daily life of the royal families of ancient Egypt. I’ve been to Egypt and this book Really brings it to life. There is much more to the country than just the pyramids. I love being able to look up places and names while reading about them, they talk about …
Love how the time in history captured my imagination
Learned a LOT about ancient Egypt. Some of the names were difficult to digest.
Good information about the time period and the people
The author recreates the world of the Pharaoh’s court quite well. I especially enjoyed the description of the day to day material things such as clothing, makeup, parties, bedrooms and other like things.
Really liked how easy it was to read and combined so much factual information and mixed that with the fictional
Had just returned from Egypt – so this book was a fun read, and informative. Glad I read it.
Historical novel from the time of Nefertiti’s co-reign as told by her sister.
It brought the world of ancient Egypt to life. I have not read any non-fiction about Nefertiti, so I don’t know if anything is accurate but this story hooked me right away.
Simplistic.
My interest in Egyptian history always draws me to such books. I love the story the author made up to follow historic facts. It held my interest from page one and I hated to put it down before I was finished.
Couldn’t keep my interest.
I enjoyed this book because I learned about the Egyptian pharaohs of which I knew nothing about. It has gotten me interested in Egypt’s history.
The story is told by Nefertiti’s sister, which allows the author to give intimate details about how the pharaohs lived and the intrigue of the families vying for power. She, the sister, was a very …
Anyone that loves ancient history will love this
Gave a detailed glimpse into the lives of these famous people…..made them come alive.