Title:
Cleopatra : a life / by Stacy Schiff.
Author:
Schiff, Stacy.
Publication Information:
New York : Little, Brown and Co., c2010.
Call Number:
DT92.7 .S35 2010
Abstract:
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Though her life spanned fewer than 40 years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780316001922
Physical Description:
368 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents:
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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