Cleopatra (Penguin Classic Biography S.) - Softcover

Bradford, Ernle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014139014X ISBN 13: 9780141390147

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2000

Synopsis

Had Julius Caesar not been murdered Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, might well have become the Empress of Rome and all the Mediterranean world, living to see it ruled by a Julian-Ptolemaic dynasty. The 'Queen of the Nile' was only seventeen when she ascended the throne of Egypt in 51BC. This ambitious young woman - married to her younger brother and co-ruler Ptolomy XIII - watched the savage struggle between Caesar and Pompey, hoping that Rome would destroy itself in the process. This astute politician devoted her life to trying to save the Kingdom of Egypt from domination by the Romans. That she became the lover of both Caesar and Mark Antony was perhaps prompted by political considerations rather than passion.

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About the Author:

Ernle Bradford is the author of The Mediterranean, Ulysses Found and The Great Siege. His special knowledge of the Mediterranean world and his exceptional powers of description and historical reconstruction bring to life this illustrated biography of one of the world's legendary women.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 014139014X
• ISBN 13: 9780141390147
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288