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A review by stine_reads
The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World by Kara Cooney
5.0
I don't usually review that many books, but for this one I just had to, just to counter all the negative reviews it's gotten because of people who've read it without excactly knowing what it was and definitely not the right audience for it. For what it's worth, the review section of this book is very entertaining!
First of all: I guzzle everything ancient Egypt. I've read numerous books on the subject and consider myself semi knowledgeable on this. And boom! Here comes Kara Conney and manages to put an extremely fresh take on Egyptology. It doesn't glorify ancient Egyptians at all, and manages to sift through all the glimmer and gold to what these ancient rulers actually did to become so powerful. The author also draws parallels to the modern world which I love.
To be recommended!
First of all: I guzzle everything ancient Egypt. I've read numerous books on the subject and consider myself semi knowledgeable on this. And boom! Here comes Kara Conney and manages to put an extremely fresh take on Egyptology. It doesn't glorify ancient Egyptians at all, and manages to sift through all the glimmer and gold to what these ancient rulers actually did to become so powerful. The author also draws parallels to the modern world which I love.
To be recommended!