The winds of change are blowing through Thebes. A devastating palace fire has killed the Eighteenth Dynasty's royal family—all with the exception of Nefertari, the niece of the reviled former queen, Nefertiti. The girl's deceased family has been branded as heretical, and no one in Egypt will speak their names. A relic of a previous reign, Nefertari is pushed aside, an unimportant princess left to run wild in the palace. But this changes when she is taken under the wing of the Pharaoh's aunt, then brought to the Temple of Hathor, where she is educated in a manner befitting a future queen.
Soon Nefertari catches the eye of the Crown Prince, and despite her family's history, they fall in love and wish to marry. Yet all of Egypt opposes this union between the rising star of a new dynasty and the fading star of an old, heretical one. While political adversity sets the country on edge, Nefertari becomes the wife of Ramesses the Great. Destined to be the most powerful Pharaoh in Egypt, he is also the man who must confront the most famous exodus in history.
Sweeping in scope and meticulous in detail, The Heretic Queen is a novel of passion and power, heartbreak and redemption.
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I have read both Nefertiti and The Heritic Queen (Nefertari) and I found it difficult to put the books down. They were very informative in a very romantic way and I now know that Mr. Cecil B. DeMilles version of The Ten Commandments was inaccurate (even if it was a wonderful movie). Rameses loved Nefertari very much; so much he had inscribed over her special temple at Abu Simbel For She Whom The Sun Shines. That love was returned to him by Nefertari. She loved no other.
Nefertiti was a very strong Queen, and after reading her story, I know she loved Akhenaten very much. He was the only Egyptian monarch to believe in monotheism (even if she wasnt quite sure). For an Egyptian it was very revolutionary, but she supported him in whatever decisions he made. You cant help but wonder who put that idea of the Aten in his head. He loved his family very much and it is a shame that Egypt tried to erase all knowledge of him and his Queen. I enjoyed both books immensely. I pass these books on to my children so they can appreciate the truth in history.
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