The Double Crown_Heese
2011 Longlist

The Double Crown; Secret Writings of The Female Pharaoh

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

This gripping novel is the fascinating and true story of Hatshepsut, the female pharaoh who ruled over Egypt for two decades around 1500 BC.

A vibrant and poignant portrayal of an ambitious and courageous woman and the betrayals she faces, both as a woman and a ruler.

Dan Lazar, Heese’s US agent, rightly calls her “a literary stylist with commercial chops”.

Winner of the 2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book in the Africa Region.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Marié
Heese

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

Fact and fiction are cleverly woven to inform the reader about Hatshepsut, living 1500 B.C., and fascinate to further reading and research on this remarkable woman.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
South Africa
Original Language
English
Author
Publisher
Human & Rousseau

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