The King and Her Children

Hatshepsut, the Pharaoh's daughter, finds and adopts an abandoned infant when she is still a child herself, and does not understand the enormity of her action. By rescuing this boy, Hatshepsut finds love in an otherwise loveless existence. He becomes the core of her life and watching him grow into a man of extraordinary ability makes her audacious.Her ambition for him drives her to seize the throne so she can raise him also, to rule the proudest Empire on earth.But who is this man, and does he have an identity better known beyond the borders of Egypt?Hatshepsut and Senenmut are well known figures in Egyptian history, and while it has fallen to me to paint the story of their lives where it has been lost, these are people who once lived and breathed. Read more