Cleopatra by Joyce Tyldesley
The Romans regarded her as fatale monstrum--a fatal omen. Pascal said the shape of her nose changed the history of the world. Shakespeare portrayed her as an icon of tragic love. But who was Cleopatra, really?
We almost feel that we know Cleopatra, but our distorted image of a self-destructive beauty does no justice to Cleopatra's true genius. In Cleopatra, Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley offers an unexpectedly vivid portrait of a skillful Egyptian ruler. Stripping away our preconceptions, many of them as old as Egypt's Roman conquerors, Cleopatra is a magnificent biography of a most extraordinary queen.
Joyce Tyldesley, holder of a doctorate from Oxford University, is Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Archaeology, Classics, and Oriental Studies at Liverpool University, England. She is the author of Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh and Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Eygpt.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780465009404 |
| ISBN 10 | 0465009409 |
| Title | Cleopatra |
| Author | Joyce Tyldesley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Basic Books (AZ) |
| Year published | 2008-08-05 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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