Title: The reign of Cleopatra
First published: 2004
Description: "Designed as an accessible introduction to Cleopatra VII and her time, this book offers readers and researchers an appealing mix of descriptive chapters, biographical sketches, and annotated primary documents. An overview of the Ptolemaic Dynasty is presented in the introduction, and is followed by chapters on Cleopatra's life, the reality of Ptolemaic Egypt, Cleopatra's multicultural Egyptian society, and Alexandria's culture and conflicts. The narrative chapters conclude with a section discussing Cleopatra's significance as a person, a queen, and a symbol. An annotated bibliography and index are also included in this work."--Jacket.
Subjects: History, Biography, Queens, Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, d. 30 B.C., Queens -- Egypt -- Biography., Egypt -- History -- 332-30 B.C., Cleopatra, queen of egypt, -30 b.c., Egypt, history, to 640 a.d., Egypt, history
Places: Egypt
People: Cleopatra Queen of Egypt (d. 30 B.C)
Time periods: 332-30 B.C.
LC classification: DT92.7 .B87 2004