| Authors: |
Schiff, Stacy.
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| Material type: |
Biography |
| Subject: |
Egypt -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Egypt -- History -- 332-30 B.C.
Queens -- Egypt -- Biography.
Cleopatra,Queen of Egypt,d. 30 B.C.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010. |
| Description: |
viii, 368 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780316001922 0316001929 |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-349) and index. |
| Contents: |
That Egyptian woman -- Dead men don't bite -- Cleopatra captures the old man by magic -- The golden age never was the present age -- Man is by nature a political creature -- We must often shift the sails when we wish to arrive in port -- An object of gossip for the whole world -- Illicit affairs and bastard children -- The wickedest woman in history. |
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| Rating: |
4 out of 5: They liked it |
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| Summary: |
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Though her life spanned fewer than 40 years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world. |