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Hughes-Hallett, Lucy

Cleopatra : histories, dreams and distortions / Lucy Hughes-Hallett - First HarperPerennial edition - 338 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-330) and index

Fantasy and fact -- The story according to Octavius -- Cleopatra's version -- The suicide -- The lover -- The woman -- The Queen -- The foreigner -- The killer -- The child -- Cleopatra winks -- Conclusion: The triumph of love

ISBN: 0060920939 9780060920937

Subjects--Personal Names:
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C. --In literature

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Queens in literature
Women--Mythology

LC Class. No.: PN57.C55 / H84 1991

Dewey Class. No.: 921