Cleopatra

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff, hailed by Kirkus Reviews for a “Best Book of the 21st Century,” delivers a definitive biography of Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Schiff separates fact from centuries of myth, revealing Cleopatra as a shrewd strategist and ingenious negotiator whose fewer than forty years reshaped the ancient world. Her life was defined by political and sexual intrigue: from waging civil war against a brother-husband to forging an empire-building alliance with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. This meticulously researched account rescues the magnetic queen, whose ambition and eventual demise ushered in a new world order, offering a luminous and deeply original reconstruction of a dazzling life.

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