Cleopatra (Women in History (Sterling))

The distinguished historian and classicist Michael Grant confirms that her reputation as a temptress was well-founded. However, by unravelling the sources behind the tangle of myth, gossip and invention he shows that the popular image of a wayward woman opting for a life of sensuous luxury and neglecting her affairs of state is far from the truth. A brilliant linguist and the first of her Greek-speaking dynasty who learned Egyptian, she was reputed to be the author of treatises on agriculture, make-up and alchemy. Her love affairs were carefully calculated to further her plans to restore her empire to its former greatness and she was a ruthless foe to all who stood in her way. But dead on her golden couch in the palace at Alexandria her life seemed to have ended in failure; her dreams of empire shattered; her lover Mark Antony a suicide himself and she a prisoner of her conqueror Octavian. An unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary queen and her stormy life.

Title - Cleopatra (Women in History (Sterling))

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Author - Michael Grant

ISBN 13 - 9781842120316

Imprint - Weidenfeld & Nicolson History

Publisher - Orion Publishing Co

Date Published - 20/07/2000

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Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 156 x 235 x 26mm

Weight - 568 g

Languages - English