{"product_id":"the-woman-who-would-be-king","title":"The Woman Who Would be King","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"seemore-0\" class=\"slot product-about 9780307956774 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" target-height=\"560.469\" height-fold=\"377\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cp\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\n\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\n\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.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Woman Who Would Be King\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etraces the unconventional life of an almost-forgotten pharaoh and explores our complicated reactions to women in power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-listen-to-a-clip\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-listen show\"\u003e\n\u003ca id=\"listenToAClip\" name=\"#listen-to-a-clip\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penn Museum Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42711946625206,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0503\/6851\/2182\/files\/Hatasepshut.jpg?v=1708636300","url":"https:\/\/shop.penn.museum\/products\/the-woman-who-would-be-king","provider":"Penn Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}