Nefertiti-A Novel

As promised my review of the book Nefertiti by Michelle Moran

(without spoiling it for anyone).

The book is told by Mutnodjmet, the younger sister of Nefertiti. It is about her life just as much as Nefertiti's which i liked. It follows their lives starting at their early teen years.

It has love and loss like any good book, but i definitely felt the loss weigh a little heavier in this book than i expected. When dealing with history and things that happened at the time it gives you a chance to see what it might have been like for them.

Though this book is based history every detail in the story is not factual as that would be completely impossible without Mutnodjmet herself talking to the author. But i do feel for the most part it feels like the majority of the story could have happened. I don't like when a historical book feels like the author didn't even try for example when they use modern day swear words in their book..like WHAT that drives me crazy haha, but luckily i felt like this book was well written. Over all i really did enjoy reading it though i liked her next book The Heretic Queen better but they are two different stories.

Characters:

Nefertiti-Queen of Egypt

Mutnodjmet-sister of Nefertiti

Amunhotep IV/Akhenaten-Pharaoh of Egypt

Kiya-secondary wife of Pharaoh

Meritaten-daughter of Nefertiti & Akhenaten

Ankhesenamun-daughter of Nefertiti & Akhenaten

Vizier Ay-father of Nefertiti & Mutnodjmet

Queen Tiye- mother of Amunhotep IV/Akhenaten

General Nakhtmin-general in Pharaoh's army

General Horemheb-general in Pharaoh's army

Also an update on my Egyptology in 2011 post, concerning the tomb KV63 they speculated belonged to Queen Ankesenamun here is a cut & paste article about it:

After excavating the tomb KV63 it is speculated that it was designed for Ankhesenamun due to its proximity to the tomb of Tutankhamun's KV62. Also found in the tomb were coffins (one with an imprint of a woman on it), women's clothing, jewellery and natron. Fragments of pottery bearing the partial name Paaten were also in the tomb. The only royal person known to bear this name was Ankhesenamun, whose name was originally Ankhesenpaaten. However there were no mummies found in KV63 so it remains just speculation.

Bummer i was hoping she was in there!