Les Thébaines, tome 1: La couronne insolente

Synopsis of Les Thébaines, tome 1: La couronne insolente

«Les Thébaines, tome 1: La couronne insolente» is the historical novel by Jocelyne Godard, published by Le Grand Livre du Mois in hardback (338 pages, in French).

First instalment of the saga centred on Hatshepsut, the woman who aspires to wear the double crown of the pharaoh in eighteenth-dynasty Egypt. The novel portrays daily life in Thebes with artisans, scribes, soldiers and priests, and follows ambitious women who take control of their destiny in an era of peace and development.

Volume 1 of the «Les Thébaines» saga; the edition corresponds to the original 1999 publication.

Aimed at readers of historical fiction interested in ancient Egypt and in female protagonists who challenge the conventions of their time.