Tiye: Power Without Permission

Tiye: Power Without Permission is a fictionalized first-person autobiography of Queen Tiye, one of the most influential women of ancient Egypt. Born outside the royal family, Tiye rises to become the Great Royal Wife of Amenhotep III, a trusted political adviser, a skilled diplomat, and the mother of the revolutionary pharaoh Akhenaten. Through her own imagined voice, she reflects on marriage, motherhood, religion, court politics, foreign alliances, and the dangers of power. The book presents Tiye not simply as a queen beside a great king, but as a formidable woman who shaped Egypt's destiny without waiting for anyone to grant her authority.