Based in the time of Nefertiti but seen through the eyes of her sister. Easy ready and interesting as I haven't read much on this period of history

Left with a friend

From Gitana100 for a bookbox.

Who hasn't seen the bust of Nefertiti, but what about the woman? This book tells of her rise from queen's niece to the throne, a seemingly singular, ambitious woman, able to dominate a willful and , as some called him, heretic pharoah.

The narrator is her sister, Mutnodjmet, a very different girl, calm, gifted in her use of medicinal herbs. Egypt is on the cusp of chaos as the young pharaoh and his wife break with worshipping the old gods and put Aten above all of them.

As with Cleopatra's Daughter, the period detail is great, it really evokes the time period. As sister to the Pharaoh's wife, Mutnodjmet is in a unique position to observe the machinations of the court, some times too close as her own life is put at risk.

In the Africa Bookbox.

Taken from the Africa BookBox.