Les Thébaines, tome 1

Synopsis of Les Thébaines, tome 1

«Les Thébaines, tome 1: La Couronne insolente» is the historical novel by Jocelyne Godard, published by LGF in paperback (444 pages).

In the Egypt of the Eighteenth Dynasty, Hatshepsut aspires to the double crown of the pharaoh, a power never wielded by a woman. The young women of Thebes, cultured and ambitious, take control of their destiny in an age of prosperity. The first volume of the saga draws close to the intimacy of the woman-pharaoh and recreates the Egypt of artisans, scribes and soldiers.

First volume of the saga «Les Thébaines»; originally published in 2000.

For readers of historical fiction and sagas set in ancient Egypt with female protagonists.