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Nefertiti

Michelle Moran

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Jul 19, 2012 Rebecca Huston rated it it was ok

Shelves: historical-romance, egypt, wall-banger

A novel that I had really been looking forward to, but it turned out to be a dud. Despite being set in one of the best documented periods of Egyptian history, this clunker was littered with plenty of bad research, cutesy nicknames, stupid tropes about Egypt, and is more about squabbling sisters than anything else. Naturally the damn thing sold like hotcakes and was praised to the skies. I hated it, and nothing infuriates me more than bad historical fiction getting passed off as being 'the real t ...more

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Jan 10, 2014 Monika rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2014

Power, politics, art and destruction. I always enjoy historical fiction and this one based in Egypt was a good read too

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May 19, 2025 Erin rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction

I have been on a bit of a historical fiction hiatus — i can't stomach more WWII and so much of everything right now relates back to WWII — and this was such an enjoyable way to ease back in.

Beyond her name and bust, I knew next to nothing about Nefertiti. Now, I do — and what a life and reign she had. Telling the story from Mutnedjmet's POV was not only the safe bet but a good plot device, as it granted good insight into Nefertiti and Akhenaten, albeit in a fictionalized, best-we-know-for-now ki ...more

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