Child of the morning

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403 pages

English language

Published Feb. 18, 1993 by Soho Press.

ISBN:
978-0-939149-85-8
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4 stars (1 review)

Originally published in l977, this first novel by Pauline Gedge has become an international bestseller and has been translated into 5 foreign languages. A chronicle of passionate intrigue and sensuous exoticism, Child of the Morning resurrects the life of the awesome Hatshepsut, the only woman pharaoh of ancient Egypt, whose name was erased from history by her enemies, outraged at having to bow to a woman's command.Authentic in all of its detail and rich in powerful imagery, Child of the Morning "combines ancient artifacts, timeless psychology, and sure pacing" (The Globe and Mail), to portray the majesty of its vanished world. Its artistry transcends the boundaries of historical fiction to create a novel of the first order.

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4 stars

I read and reread this years and year ago... and yeah, I think I liked it better then. It wasn't that she used all of the propaganda that Hatshepsut wrote out on her temple walls about being her father's choice in heir or anything else believed to be historically wrong today, (that's actually some pretty good what-if stuff for historical fiction such as this), but I guess just how it was written, how the characters sound, stuff like that.

Subjects

  • Hatshepsut, Queen of Egypt -- Fiction
  • Queens -- Egypt -- Fiction
  • Egypt -- History -- Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C. -- Fiction