Cleopatra
Subtitle: last queen of Egypt
By: Joyce Tyldesley.
Publisher: Profile Books; Profile
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9781861979650
Subjects: Cleopatra, -- Queen of Egypt, -- d. 30 B.C; Queens -- Egypt -- Biography; Egypt -- History -- 332-30 B.C
Genres: Biography.
Description: Last ruler of a 300 year-old dynasty, Cleopatra was educated, clever (her liaisons with Caesar and Mark Antony were as much political as romantic), and responsible for steering Egypt through taxing internal problems and Roman imperialism. This biography will shatter our old preconceptions about Cleopatra.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-265) and index.