Nefertiti: A Novel (Egyptian Royals Collection)

ISBN: 0307381749

Author: Moran, Michelle

Condition: New

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A compulsively readable (Diana Gabaldon) novel teeming with love, betrayal, and religious conflict that brings ancient Egypt to vivid life, from the author of Cleopatras Daughter and MariaMeticulously researched and richly detailed . . . an engrossing tribute to one of the most powerful and alluring women in history.-The Boston GlobeNefertiti and her younger sister, Mutnodjmet, have been raised in a powerful family that has provided wives to the rulers of Egypt for centuries. Ambitious, charismatic, and beautiful, Nefertiti is destined to marry Amunhotep, an unstable young pharaoh. It is hoped that her strong personality will temper the young rulers heretical desire to forsake Egypts ancient gods.From the moment of her arrival in Thebes, Nefertiti is beloved by the people, but she fails to see that powerful forces are plotting against her husbands reign. The only person brave enough to warn the queen is her younger sister, yet remaining loyal to Nefertiti will force Mutnodjmet into a dangerous political game-one that could cost her everything she holds dear.