Libbie Hawker,L.M. Ironside
Queen Ahmose knows her duty: to give the Pharaoh a son. But she is young, and has just watched her closest friend die in childbirth. If the Pharaoh plants his seed in her she will die the same way, in a pool of blood, surrounded by wailing women. She has her husbandâ€™s love, but a king must have an heirâ€¦and even the Pharaohâ€™s patience will run out. Meanwhile, a lesser queen â€“ Ahmoseâ€™s own sister â€“ has given him three sweet, bright children, all of them boys. Ahmose knows her grasp on the Pharaohâ€™s heart is loosening.,Desperate, she begs the gods for courage to become a mother. They give her more than courage: she is granted a vision of a shining prince, her son â€“ a gift for Egypt who will bring glory to the land. He will be more than the son of a king. He will be the son of the god Amun.,But when the child arrives, itâ€™s a girl.,Ahmose knows the vision was not wrong. Her daughter Hatshepsut has a male soul, and Amun intends the girl to rule. But the Pharaoh will not scandalize Egypt by proclaiming a female successor. If she cannot convince the Pharaoh to accept Hatshepsut as his heir, everything Ahmose loves will be destroyed. ~Stephanie Dray, author of the critically acclaimed ,Lily of the Nile
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