it seems that Nefertari can never catch a break! Moran brings to life all the possible conniving, backstabbing treachery aimed to bring this poor girl down, just because she may be related to Queen Nefertiti Ģ. Michelle Moran's well-researched novel about Nefertari, one of ancient Egypt's most well-known queens, has so much going for it:ġ. A frequent traveler, she currently resides with her husband, son, and daughter in the US. But above all these things, Michelle is passionate about reading, and can often be found with her nose in a good book. She is also fascinated by archaeogenetics, particularly since her children's heritages are so mixed. Her hobbies include hiking, traveling, and archaeology. In 2012 Michelle was married in India, inspiring her seventh book, Rebel Queen, which is set in the East. During her six years as a public high school teacher, she used her summers to travel around the world, and it was her experiences as a volunteer on archaeological digs that inspired her to write historical fiction. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages.Ī native of southern California, Michelle attended Pomona College, then earned a Masters Degree from the Claremont Graduate University. Michelle Moran is the international bestselling author of six historical novels, including Madame Tussaud, which was optioned for a mini-series in 2011.

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. Sweeping in scope and meticulous in detail, The Heretic Queen is a novel of passion and power, heartbreak and redemption. Destined to be the most powerful Pharaoh in Egypt, he is also the man who must confront the most famous exodus in history. While political adversity sets the country on edge, Nefertari becomes the wife of Ramesses the Great. Yet all of Egypt opposes this union between the rising star of a new dynasty and the fading star of an old, heretical one. Soon Nefertari catches the eye of the Crown Prince, and despite her family’s history, they fall in love and wish to marry. 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. A relic of a previous reign, Nefertari is pushed aside, an unimportant princess left to run wild in the palace. The girl’s deceased family has been branded as heretical, and no one in Egypt will speak their names. 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 winds of change are blowing through Thebes. In ancient Egypt, a forgotten princess must overcome her family’s past and remake history.

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