Cleopatra :
Schiff, Stacy
Cleopatra : a life / by Stacy Schiff - 1st ed - New York : Little, Brown and Co, c2010 - viii, 368 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-349) and index
Introduction: 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
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 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
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Cleopatra Queen of Egypt, d. 30 B.C
Queens--Egypt--Biography
Egypt--Kings and rulers--Biography
Egypt--History--332-30 B.C
DT92.7 / .S35 2010
Cleopatra : a life / by Stacy Schiff - 1st ed - New York : Little, Brown and Co, c2010 - viii, 368 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-349) and index
Introduction: 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
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 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
0316001929 9780316001922
Cleopatra Queen of Egypt, d. 30 B.C
Queens--Egypt--Biography
Egypt--Kings and rulers--Biography
Egypt--History--332-30 B.C
DT92.7 / .S35 2010