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The Cleopatras : the forgotten queens of Egypt

Llewellyn-Jones, Lloyd, author

2024

Overview

Cleopatra: lover, seductress, and Egypt's greatest queen. A woman more myth than history, immortalized in poetry, drama, music, art, and film. She captivated Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, the two greatest Romans of the day, and died in a blaze of glory, with an asp clasped to her breast - or so the legend tells us. But the real-life story of the historical Cleopatra VII is even more compelling. She was the last of seven Cleopatras who ruled Egypt before it was subsumed into the Roman Empire. The seven Cleopatras were the powerhouses of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, the Macedonian family who ruled Egypt after Alexander the Great. Emulating the practices of the gods, the Cleopatras married their full-blood brothers and dominated the normally patriarchal world of politics and warfare. These extraordinary women keep a close grip on power in the wealthiest country of the ancient world. Each of the seven Cleopatras wielded absolute power. Their ruthless, single-minded, focus on dominance - generation after generation - resulted in extraordinary acts of betrayal, violence, and murder in the most malfunctional dynasty in history.-- Publisher description.

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Subject: Queens Egypt Biography. / Queens Egypt History. / Queens Biography. / Egypt History To 332 B.C. / Egypt History 332-30 B.C. / Égypte Histoire Jusqu'à 332 av. J.-C. / Égypte Histoire 332-30 av. J.-C. / Egypt History Biography. / Syria History Biography.
• ISBN: 9781541602922, 1541602927

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