This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

Copyright © 2008 by Michelle Moran

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Moran, Michelle.
The heretic queen : a novel / Michelle Moran.—1st ed.
p.  cm.
1. Nefertari, Queen, consort of Ramesses II, King of Egypt—Fiction. 2. Ramesses II, King of Egypt—Fiction. 3. Egypt—History—Nineteenth dynasty, ca. 1320–1200 B.C.—Fiction. 4. Queens—Egypt—Fiction. 5. Egypt—Kings and rulers—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3613.O682H47 2008
813'.6—dc22   2008011857

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