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Amunhotep and Nefertiti become King and Queen of Lower Egypt and move to Memphis. Amunhotep taxes the priests of Amun and has the High Priest of Amun killed for refusing to submit. He conscripts 1,000 soldiers to work on building a temple to his new god Aten, weakening Egypt's border defenses and leaving them vulnerable to the Hittites.

Ugh, finally finished a chapter in this tiny print book! Goodbye to The Hosts of the Night where the author basically tries to understand where the idea of malevolent creatures riding in the night (aka the Wild Hunt) with a female leader came from.

Out of the Night by Elizabeth Phipps Train (1889) One star. A young woman is inhibited from marrying for mysterious reasons only resolved on Halloween night. Another lame ending that completely dispels any supernatural promise. 😒

This anthology isn't working for me so far. Weak tea for me.

‘Twas the Night of All Hallows by Geraldine (1865) 3 stars. A short poem about how Halloween used to be in olden days, I think.

Vermudyn’s Fate: A Tale of Halloween by R. Fryer (1884) 2 stars. A story about a missing miner and the legend of a white witch. There was a good build-up of dread but an amazingly lame ending.

Nefertiti is in a power struggle with Kiya, her husband's other wife who is pregnant with the possible heir to the throne.

Hallowe’en by John Mayne (1780) This poem is written with a Scottish brogue and, unfortunately, I can’t rate it because it was too hard to read. My bad, I know.

Halloween by Robert Burns (1786) Same thing. I struggled with the brogue so no rating.

Hallowe’en or A Tale of Terror by Revi (1807) 3 stars. Short but sweet poem about a Scotsman who wanted to cast a spell to force a woman to love him. Doesn’t end well.

Nefertiti marries Prince Amenhotep and becomes Queen of Lower Egypt. Her husband becomes Amenhotep IV and shares the crown of Egypt with his father who remains Pharoah of Upper Egypt.

In Thebes, Nefertiti meets Crown Prince Amenhotep IV for whom she will become Chief Wife; however, the prince already has a pregnant wife named Kiya whose father is in a power struggle with Nefertiti's father.

Crown Prince Thutmose, the eldest son of Pharaoh Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye, dies. This leaves Amenhotep IV (later to rename himself as Akhenaten) as the sole heir.

Starting again! I've missed so much in the book that I feel compelled to start over and read more slowly.