The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World by Kara Cooney

The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World

Kara Cooney

400 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative medium-paced

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Written in the tradition of historians like Stacy Schiff and Amanda Foreman who find modern lessons in ancient history, this provocative narrative explores the lives of five remarkable pharaohs who ruled Egypt with absolute power, shining a new li...

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