Publication

2009 - Broadway Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

119,750 words, Guess

Page Count

479 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more
  • Better World BooksT2-AXF-049
  • Better World BooksO7-CDG-896
  • Better World BooksT2-AOG-769
  • Open LibraryOL26332475M

Classifications

  • LCCPS3613.O682 N44 2009

Description

This fictionalized life of the notorious queen is told from the point of view of her younger sister, Mutnodjmet. In 1351 B.C., Prince Amunhotep secretly kills his older brother and becomes next in line to Egypt's throne: he's 17, and the 15-year-old Nefertiti soon becomes his chief wife. He already has a wife, but Kiya's blood is not as royal, nor is she as bewitching as Nefertiti. As Mutnodjmet, two years younger than her sister, looks on (and falls in love), Amunhotep and the equally ambitious Nefertiti worship a different main god, displace the priests who control Egypt's wealth and begin building a city that boasts the royal likenesses chiseled in stone. Things get tense when Kiya has sons and the popular Nefertiti has only daughters, and they come to a boil when the army is used to build temples to the pharaoh and his queen instead of protecting Egypt's borders.

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Other Editions

  • Nefertiti: a novelBroadway Books2009-01-01

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