num_pages: 222
description: 3 JANUARIUS, MORNINGI could feel my insides shaking. Would this sister try to poison me? Yes, I believe so. As for my other older sister, Berenice -never! She and I adore each other even thought I am eight years younger.I keep the coup and raised it toward Tryphanea as if toasting for her, but really I was watching the liquid, looking for oil floating in its surface, or powder sticking to the sides of the cup. If I suspected poison and tossed it into the pool, she would have her guards behead me on the spot. If it was indeed poison, one sip and I could die...My eyes closed as I took the first sip, as if savoring such an excellent taste, but really my thought was, O Isis, I'm afraid...  My stomach turned with nervousness, or was it for the fearsome death beginning in me?
language: English
title: Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C.
titlecomplete: Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C.
characters: Berenice, Ptolemy XII Auletes, Cleopatra
genres: Historical, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Childrens, Juvenile, Diary, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Africa, Egypt
ratings_count: 10180
places: Egypt, Ancient Egypt, Alexandria
series: The Royal Diaries, Mon Histoire, My Royal Story
publisher: Scholastic