Cleopatra
The Story of the Beautiful Egyptian Queen
1st Edition
Published on 14. March 2013
128 pages
978-1-4081-7926-0 (ISBN)
Description
Cleopatra is an iconic figure and one of the most powerful women in
history. The last pharaoh of Egypt, and often depicted as a great
beauty, she was renowned for her liaisons with the world's most
powerful men, including Gaius Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. This
fictional retelling of her life is a dramatic and thrilling story.
Lives in Action is a series of
narrative biographies that recount the lives of some of the key figures
in history. Page-turning, thrilling plots that read like fiction will
keep the most reluctant reader hooked.
history. The last pharaoh of Egypt, and often depicted as a great
beauty, she was renowned for her liaisons with the world's most
powerful men, including Gaius Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. This
fictional retelling of her life is a dramatic and thrilling story.
Lives in Action is a series of
narrative biographies that recount the lives of some of the key figures
in history. Page-turning, thrilling plots that read like fiction will
keep the most reluctant reader hooked.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4081-7926-0 (9781408179260)
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Person
Valerie Wilding is an established writer of historical fiction and non fiction. She is a regular contributor to Scholastic's My Story series (Highway Girl, Road to War, Bloody Tower, To Kill a Queen) and Boudicca and her Barmy Army was published in their Dead Famous series. Her own series, The Princess Files, about real princesses, was published by OUP.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- 1 Princess of Alexandria
- 2 A King in Fear
- 3 Queen of Egypt
- 4 Enemies at Work
- 5 While the Queen's Away
- 6 Homecoming
- 7 A New Beginning
- 8 The Trouble With Sisters
- 9 The End of Two Enemies
- 10 Holidays and Celebrations
- 11 Life and Death in Rome
- 12 Running from Rome
- 13 Cleopatra Takes Control
- 14 Antony and Cleopatra
- 15 Magnificent Gifts
- 16 Battle at Actium
- 17 Desperate Days
- Afterword
- Map
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- L
- M
- N
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