{"product_id":"book-bat0","title":"The Woman Who Would Be King","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of her audacious rise to power.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHatshepsut—the daughter of a general who usurped Egypt's throne—was expected to bear the sons who would legitimize the reign of her father’s family. Her failure to produce a male heir, however, paved the way for her improbable rule as a cross-dressing king. At just over twenty, Hatshepsut out-maneuvered the mother of Thutmose III, the infant king, for a seat on the throne, and ascended to the rank of pharaoh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShrewdly operating the levers of power to emerge as Egypt's second female pharaoh, Hatshepsut was a master strategist, cloaking her political power plays in the veil of piety and sexual reinvention. She successfully negotiated a path from the royal nursery to the very pinnacle of authority, and her reign saw one of Ancient Egypt’s most prolific building periods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConstructing a rich narrative history using the artifacts that remain, noted Egyptologist Kara Cooney offers a remarkable interpretation of how Hatshepsut rapidly but methodically consolidated power—and why she fell from public favor just as quickly. \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Would Be King\u003c\/i\u003e traces the unconventional life of an almost-forgotten pharaoh and explores our complicated reactions to women in power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49334169600304,"sku":"BDbat0","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/217511-bat0-Square.jpg?v=1733891184","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-bat0","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}