Mutnodjmet, the younger sister, is sensible, thoughtful, affectionate, pretty rather than beautiful, and hopes for love and a happy family life.

Nefertiti is the elder sister, beautiful, ambitious and egotistical, who desires wealth and power. All the main characters in the novel are historical personages. Set in Egypt towards the end of the Eighteenth Dynasty, in 1351-1335 BC, Nefertiti tells the story of two sisters at the heart of Egypt’s royal family. She recently got married to an Indian in Kanpur, and her next two books will be set in India.Edition reviewed: uncorrected proof, Crown, 2007, ISBN 978-6-0 She received higher education from Pomona College, California, and Claremont Graduate University, California. In 2011, Madame Tussaud was optioned to be turned into a mini-series. Her other books are The Heretic Queen, Cleopatra’s Daughter, Madame Tussaudl, and The Second Empress. Her novels have been translated into more than twenty languages.

Michelle Moran draws on her experiences as a volunteer at archaeological digs to write historical fiction. It was followed by the sequel The Heretic Queen that tells the story of Nefertiti’s niece Nefertari. Published in 2008, Nefertiti is an international bestseller. While Nefertiti is portrayed as a negative character, Moran is quick to defend her actions as those of a woman ahead of her time, wanting what is denied to her but given so freely to men. It is also the touching story of two sisters, bound to each other despite Nefertiti’s arrogance, cruelty, and selfishness. Nefertiti’s diabolical ambition leads this story of political unrest, religious conflict, love and betrayal, brought to vivid life by Moran’s prose. Soon, Mutnodjmet uncovers a plot, conceived by the priests in collusion with the military, to overthrow King Amunhotep’s rule. She follows Nefertiti to Thebes to be her handmaiden. Mutnodjmet is a young, quiet girl, who in many ways, is the diametric opposite of her sister. Nefertiti has been narrated from Mutnodjmet’s perspective. Nefertiti is chosen to be his wife for it is expected that her strong personality will temper Amunhotep’s megalomaniacal plans for Egypt. His younger brother, the unstable Amunhotep is set to become king. The book opens with King Tuthmosis’s death in 1351 BCE. Nefertiti and her younger sister, Mutnodjmet, have been raised in a powerful family that provides wives to the rulers of ancient Egypt and have been doing so for centuries. It is historical fiction that tells the tale of two sisters, one of whom is destined to become one of history’s most intriguing queens.

Nefertiti is the story of a powerful family in ancient Egypt.

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