Nile Ladies: Stories of the Most Remarkable Women to Grace the Horizon of Egypt

<p>In this companion volume to her Egypt Guidebook Ellen Grady focuses on some of the remarkable female <br>protagonists of the Egypt chronicle and tells us their stories.<br><br>Who are the Nile Ladies?<br><br>Quite a surprising assortment of women including a goddess several queens a few saints a philosopher mathematician/astronomer four unconventional Englishwomen (one of whom was probably Irish) a feminist a pop singer and a determined little Parisian all with one thing in common: their passion for Egypt.<br><br>These are some of the figures who stand out in Egypt’s incredibly long history spanning over five thousand years.<br><br>No other civilisation lasted so long.<br><br>These are the Ladies who helped make it happen.<br><br>They shone like stars.</p>