Summary Of Hatshepsut's Decision Making

the best way for her to reconstruct Hatshepsut’s decision making process.(pg. xii Author’s Note) Cooney does not end up changing history because she approaches her speculations very professionally even though it is virtually impossible to actually know how the person is feeling. Cooney’s speculations are so successful because she provides the reader with different reasons and opinions as to way a person may act or the reason for their thinkings. For example, when discussing about the relationship between Ahmes, Hatshepsut, and Thutmose II; she say’s “It is quite possible that Ahmes asked Hatshepsut to feed information to Thutmose II, or to misdirect him and his allies.” she then writes a different perspective about their relationship stating