Table of Contents

Introduction: Royal Consorts and Female Kings; I. The First Queens: The Early Dynastic Period; II. Queens of the Pyramid Age: The Old Kingdom; III. Chaos and Rebirth: The First Intermediate Period, Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period; IV. Queens of the Empire: The New Kingdom; V. Weakened Royal Power: The Third Intermediate Period and Late Period; VI: The Last Queens of Egypt: The Macedonian Period and Ptolemaic Period.

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A compendium of vivid biographies of all the major royal women of Egyptian history, from Early Dynastic times to the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC

About the Author

Joyce Tyldesley has written bestselling biographies of Hatshepsut and Nefertiti, as well as the recent The Private Lives of the Pharaohs, which accompanied a Channel 4 television series.