Cleopatra
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books
Published: 1992
Place of publication: USA
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 318
Copyright date: 1972
First sentence: When Cleopatra was born at the end of 70 or the beginning of 69 BC, Egypt had already been a united nation, under the Pharaohs, for over three thousand years, and the Macedonian, Greek-speaking dynasty of the Ptolemies to which she herself belonged had been ruling the country since the death of Alexander the Great in 323.
Description: This edition published by Barnes & Noble, Inc., by arrangement with Weidenfeld and Nicholson Ltd.