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I had thought Nefertiti was bad. I didn't think that it couldn't get worse. It did. This fluffy, stupid, tale of Rameses II's great love, Nefertari, is reduced into a tawdry romance full of plotting priests, high-heeled sandals, tolling bells, never ending meals of pomegranate sauced ducks, and other improbabilities. Nefertari is supposedly the niece of Queen Nefertiti, and goes through the novel fearing that someone is gonna find out. Right. And she wants to find out the truth of her 'murdered'
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Nefertari is a Egyptian princess, the niece of the heretic Queen Nefertiti. When her childhood friend, becomes the Crown Prince, she struggles to find her place in his heart and in Egypt as his Queen.
While there has been much written about King Ramesses II, only a little is known about Queen Nefertari, Author Michelle Moran weaves an interesting and captivating story about the "Warrior Queen" who was the great love of Ramesses II.
I was surprised to see negative reviews of this novel. I reali ...more
While there has been much written about King Ramesses II, only a little is known about Queen Nefertari, Author Michelle Moran weaves an interesting and captivating story about the "Warrior Queen" who was the great love of Ramesses II.
I was surprised to see negative reviews of this novel. I reali ...more
Having recently traveled in Egypt for 3 weeks including a visit to Abu Simbel, this was a book of particular interest to me. Moran takes several interesting segments of Egyptian history and develops the personality of one of the more well-known Queens of Egypt, if only for her husband's sake (and oh, Ramsses II - why did your taste in sculpting have to be so poor?!). The characterization, however, does leave something lacking - despite Nefertari's language skills being so well-known, she seems g
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The Heretic Queen is considered book #2 in a series, but I read it before reading the first one. Not a problem. The book gives enough of Nefertiti’s story for it to stand on its own.
This book tells the story from the perspective of Nefertari, who begins as a young girl in a royal court where she is adored by the Pharaoh Seti and his son Ramesses but disliked and distrusted by others because of her relation to the previous dynasty, one now branded as heretical. In many ways, I was reminded of The ...more
This book tells the story from the perspective of Nefertari, who begins as a young girl in a royal court where she is adored by the Pharaoh Seti and his son Ramesses but disliked and distrusted by others because of her relation to the previous dynasty, one now branded as heretical. In many ways, I was reminded of The ...more
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