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Book Review : The Heretic Queen by Michelle Moran

 The Heretic Queen 

By Michelle Moran 


Published year: 2008

Page count : 368 pages 

Medium used : Kindle Paperwhite 

Genre : Speculative Fiction, Historical fiction, Ramses 2, Nefertari. 

Rating : 2/5





First off, I didn't understand why this book is named so. Who is the main character? Nefertiti or Nefertari? And what's the point of naming it heretic queen if the author is showing that in reality Nefertiti wasn't heretic?  


This book is more speculative fiction than historical. Everything I have learnt and read about the Ramses II and Nefertari from other books is tossed to the wind. Michelle Moran took lot of liberties, at lots of places and this is a hopeless turn off for me. She tried to cram lot of events together without offering any explanations. She turned good people bad and marred their images in my mind. I agree that most historical fiction books have speculation and conjecture at the core of the narrative but this book just deviates from what is common knowledge so much .. its a feat that I didn't DNF it in between. 


I can't even summarize the book without feeling guilty about tarnishing the past and slinging mud at ancient Egypt in my mind. I will just say that I will be more wary of such speculations that tarnish history from now on. 

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