Cleopatra: Last Queen of EgyptThe Romans regarded her as "fatale monstrum" -- a 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 Cleopatra's 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 Egypt's Roman conquerors, Cleopatra is a magnificent biography of a most extraordinary queen. |
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Contents
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CHAPTER TWO Queen of Egypt | 41 |
CHAPTER THREE AlexandrianexttoEgypt | 70 |
CHAPTER FOUR Cleopatra and Julius Caesar | 94 |
CHAPTER FIVE The New Isis | 109 |
CHAPTER SIX Cleopatra and Mark Antony | 140 |
CHAPTER SEVEN Death of a Dream | 171 |
CHAPTER EIGHT Cleopatras Children | 197 |
CHAPTER NINE History Becomes Legend | 205 |
Who Was Who? | 218 |
Chronology | 239 |
Bibliography | 260 |
List of Illustrations | 266 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt |
| Author | Joyce Tyldesley |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Basic Books, 2008 |
| ISBN | 078673163X, 9780786731633 |
| Length | 304 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State History / Ancient / Egypt |
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