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.