Schiff, Stacy.

Cleopatra a life by Stacy Schiff - New York Little, Brown and Co c2010 - 368 p. ill. 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.

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Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C.


Queens--Egypt--Biography.


Egypt--Kings and rulers--Biography.
Egypt--History--332-30 B.C.

DT92.7 / .S35 2010

932/.021092 B