Going into this book with an open mind, compared to my last experience with When Women Rule the World, my thoughts were better on The Good Kings. From that beautiful cover, there is something so compelling of the history of ancient Egypt. In this book, The Good Kings, author Kara Cooney shares her perspective regarding the authoritarian governments evolving through the five pharaohs. She also interjected parallels shown over the course of our history.

Throughout the book, it is evident from the information that she put time and effort into giving us as much information as she could gatherer from historical records and ancient texts. There is a romanticized perspective that movies have portrayed ancient civilizations to be such as this. Having a book that shares insight about power from a patriarchal perspective and how its authoritarian influence shaped civilization was interesting to read as well as the similar parallel moments that have occurred throughout history.

Overall, the book presents an interesting perspective highlighting these five famous kings. This would be an ideal for someone who enjoys reading about history, especially ancient Egypt.

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