by Pauline Gedge · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782277225904
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«La dame du Nil» is the historical novel by Pauline Gedge, published by Éditions J'ai lu in paperback (504 pages, in French).
The novel follows Hatshepsut, the only female pharaoh of ancient Egypt. Proclaimed heiress at fifteen, she must make her way in a society that rejects women on the throne, against the priests and her half-brother, whom she is forced to marry, to restore peace and splendor to a country exhausted by wars.
The author's first novel, originally published in 1977 as «Child of the Morning». This French edition, translated by Catherine Méliande, is volume 2590 of the J'ai lu collection.
For fans of historical fiction and reconstructions of ancient Egypt, with an extraordinary female protagonist.
Pauline Gedge is a Canadian novelist best known for her historical fiction novels, including the best-selling Child of the Morning, The Eagle and the Raven, her fantasy novel Stargate, and her Egyptian trilogies, Lords of the Two Lands and The King's Man. She also writes science fiction, fantasy and horror. Her 13 novels have sold more than six million copies in 18 languages.
