Cleopatra
Subtitle: a life
By: Stacy Schiff
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 619
ISBN-13: 9780316120449
Subjects: Kings and rulers; Queens; Biography; History
Description: The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Though her life spanned fewer than 40 years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 523-615).
Table of contents: title: That Egyptian woman; title: Dead men don't bite; title: Cleopatra captures the old man by magic; title: The golden age never was the present age; title: Man is by nature a political creature; title: We must often shift the sails when we wish to arrive in port; title: An object of gossip for the whole world; title: Illicit affairs and bastard children; title: The wickedest woman in  history.