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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Stacy Schiff |
| ISBN: | 9780316001922 0316001929 |
| OCLC Number: | 537308872 |
| Description: | viii, 368 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Responsibility: | by Stacy Schiff. |
Abstract:
Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnet, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator. 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 Anthony, 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 Anthony confirmed her status as the most influential woman of her age. The two would together attempt to forge a new empire, in an alliance that spelled their ends. Cleopatra has lodged herself in our imagination ever since. -- From book jacket.
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