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Cleopatra
Joyce Tyldesley
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Overview
The Romans regarded her as Òfatale monstrumÓÑa fatal omen. Pascal said the shape of her nose changed the history of the world. Shakespeare portrayed her as an icon of tragic love. But who was Cleopatra, really?We almost feel that we know Cleopatra, but our distorted image of a self-destructive beauty does no justice to CleopatraÕs true genius. In Cleopatra, Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley offers an unexpectedly vivid portrait of a skillful Egyptian ruler. Stripping away our preconceptions, many of them as old as EgyptÕs Roman conquerors, Cleopatra is a magnificent biography of a most extraordinary queen.
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- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Published
- 2010-06-22
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- EN
- Categories
- History / Ancient / Egypt, Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State
- ISBN-13
- 9780465018925
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