
Cleopatra
A Life
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Robin Miles
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Stacy Schiff
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 protégé. 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.
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"Stacy Schiff does a rare thing: She gives us a book we'd miss if it didn't exist."—Wall Street Journal
"A masterpiece."—Daily Beast
"Captivating...Ms. Schiff strips away the accretions of myth that have built up around the Egyptian queen and plucks off the imaginative embroiderings of Shakespeare, Shaw and Elizabeth Taylor. In doing so, she gives us a cinematic portrait of a historical figure far more complex and compelling than any fictional creation, and a wide, panning, panoramic picture of her world."—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
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Amazing Story
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The narrator’s voice is pleasant and easy to listen to.
I’ll definitely be listening to this one again!
Best Cleopatra Book Ever
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Wow. This is an amazing work.
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informative, but a little exhaustive
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Excellent book
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Not "just" a Biography!
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Cleopatra was an amazing woman any time, but it’s astounding to think she lived so long ago. The descriptions of her surroundings in the Ptolomic civilization are vivid and incredible. We can only imagine the beauty and sophistication of ancient Alexandria, it’s hundreds of theaters, library, arts and architecture. The glittering city was even lit at night.
Cleopatra and Mark Antony’s love affair is one for the ages, and it seems this absolute love led to the downfall of Antony, and then of his lover, Cleopatra. This book is a must read, to learn about the woman who inspired changes in women’s roles and even the lifestyle of Rome. Cleopatra left her thumbprint all over the ancient world. I’m sorry the book is now done. On to Shakespeare now, to read his take on the times and loves of this great woman.
A Great Story Well Told
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Cleopatra
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A history of a fascinating woman
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