Bestselling author Marie Benedict presents her stunning new novel, Daughter of Egypt, at an event at Godmothers on Tuesday, April 7, 2026.
Benedict is known for her immersive historical fiction that tells the stories of remarkable, real-life women. Daughter of Egypt is a dual-timeline novel about Hatshepsut, Egypt's lost pharaoh and Lady Evelyn Carnarvon of Highclere Castle, a passionate amateur archaeologist, as they grapple with ambition and legacy in male-dominated worlds. Transporting readers from the glamour and turbulence of 1920s Britain and Cairo to the sands and lush shores of ancient Egypt, Daughter of Egypt is a sweeping tale of a young woman who unearths the truth about a forgotten Pharaoh, rewriting both of their legacies forever.