Biografie van de Egyptische koningin Nefertiti, echtgenote van Achnaton. Studie over de Egyptische koningin (14e eeuw v. Chr.), echtgenote van farao Echnaton.
Joyce Tyldesley here provides a detailed discussion of the life and times of Nefertiti, Egypt's sun queen, set against the background of the ephemeral Amarna court.
"For little more than ten years the beautiful Nefertiti was universally adored as the most powerful woman in the Bronze Age world. As the chief wife of the heretic pharaoh Akhenaten and queen of the dazzling Amarna court, she was an inspiration to her husband, a loving mother to…
Uses archaeological, textual, and artistic evidence to chronicle the life and times of the ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti.
In the tradition of her intriguing Hatchepsut, Joyce Tyldesley rescues another female ruler from the shadows of history c. 1350 b.c.: Queen Nefertiti (literally "a beautiful woman has come"). We know her from the exquisite painted bust in the Berlin Museum, discovered in 1912, w…
'The Men Who Would Be King' tells the story of the many suitors of Elizabeth I - one of the most eligible brides in 16th century Europe.
For more than half a century, Elizabeth I was pursued by kings, princes, and nobles from across Europe. During the marriage negotiations, romance blended with diplomacy as suitor after suitor endeavored to ally himself with her in the most intimate of treaties. Yet not one of th…
For more than half a century, Elizabeth I was pursued by kings, princes, and nobles from across Europe. During the marriage negotiations, romance blended with diplomacy as suitor after suitor endeavored to ally himself with her in the most intimate of treaties. Yet not one of th…