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Published on: 2010-11-01
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Original language: English

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt.Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator.Though her life spanned fewer than forty years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world. She was married twice, each time to a brother. She waged a brutal civil war against the first when both were teenagers. She poisoned the second. Ultimately she dispensed with an ambitious sister as well; incest and assassination were family specialties. Cleopatra appears to have had sex with only two men. They happen, however, to have been Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, among the most prominent Romans of the day. Both were married to other women. Cleopatra had a child with Caesar and--after his murder--three more with his protege. Already she was the wealthiest ruler in the Mediterranean; the relationship with Antony confirmed her status as the most influential woman of the age. The two would together attempt to forge a new empire, in an alliance that spelled their ends. Cleopatra has lodged herself in our imaginations ever since.Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. Shakespeare and Shaw put words in her mouth. Michelangelo, Tiepolo, and Elizabeth Taylor put a face to her name. Along the way, Cleopatra's supple personality and the drama of her circumstances have been lost. In a masterly return to the classical sources, Stacy Schiff here boldly separates fact from fiction to rescue the magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order. Rich in detail, epic in scope, Schiff 's is a luminous, deeply original reconstruction of a dazzling life. Cleopatra Queen Cleopatra VII - Ancient Egypt Online Learn more about queen Cleopatra one of the most powerful and influential Egyptian queens. Cleopatra (1963) - IMDb Share this Rating. Title: Cleopatra (1963) 7 /10. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff Paperback - Barnes & Noble Although it's not Schiff's purpose to present us with a feminist revision of a life plucked from antiquity in order to "restore" Cleopatrato see her at allone ... Queen Cleopatra VII Last Pharaoh of Egypt Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt was an historical queen and last pharaoh of Egypt whose story has been retold in countless stories plays and movies. Cleopatra - Life Ain't Easy (Official Video) - YouTube Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Cleopatra - Life Ain't Easy (Official Video) From Comin' Atcha Cleopatra VII - Queen - Biography.com As queen of ancient Egypt Cleopatra is one of the most famous female rulers in history. The stories surrounding Cleopatra's tragic life inspired a Shakespeare play. The Timeline of the Life of Cleopatra Cleopatra was a queen of Egypt but she was not Egyptian. She was the last of the Macedonian Greek dynasty that ruled Egypt from the time of Alexander the Great's ... Cleopatra queen of Egypt Britannica.com Life and reign. Daughter of King Ptolemy XII Auletes Cleopatra was destined to become the last queen of the Macedonian dynasty that ruled Egypt between the death of ... Cleopatra - Wikipedia Cleopatra VII Philopator (Greek: ; 69 August 12 30 BC) known to history simply as Cleopatra was the last active pharaoh of ... Cleopatra: The Woman Behind the Name - Tour Egypt Cleopatra?s life infamous love life and death have been covered by many films and stories. Find out who this most famous Egyptian queen really was.
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