Cleopatra's Heir by Gillian Bradshaw
The might of Caesar. The beauty of Cleopatra. Together they could have forged an empire the likes of which had never been seen before. Tragically, it was not meant to be...but what of the son that came of their passion? Gillian Bradshaw gives us an answer in CLEOPATRA'S HEIR. The son of Julius Caesar and the fabled Cleopatra, Caesarion was seen by some as the hope of Rome and Egypt, by others the folly of a commander's lust for a wanton foreign schemer. For the new Roman ruler Octavius, Caesarion is the threat that could topple his dreams of a safe and peaceful Roman empire. But what if Caesarion had survived the inevitable assassination and went underground to hide his identity? What if he went from a life filled with every comfort and honour to near-slavery and humiliation? Only after he has lost it all does Caesarion come to know friendship, honesty and even love - and the essential truth that a man can be noble and true, even when bereft of land, titles and a name.Gillian Bradshaw's father, an Associated Press reporter from the United States, met her mother, a British embassy private secretary, in Rio de Janeiro. She was the second of four children born in Washington, DC, in 1956. With such a strong start, they didn't travel around quite as much as one might expect: Washington was followed by Santiago, Chile, and two places in Michigan. Gillian received her BA in English and another in Classical Greek from the University of Michigan, and her first novel, Hawk of May, won the Hopwood Award for fiction. She went on to Newnham College, Cambridge University, England, to pursue a degree in Greek and Latin literature, and while studying for exams, she sold her first novel. She decided to continue in Cambridge for another year to write another novel and consider what she wanted to do for a Real Career.
But, she learned she could live on her novelist's salary and met her husband, who was working on his doctorate in physics, while she was there. She never got a Real Job because of her books and children, and she's been writing novels ever since. Her spouse and she now reside in Coventry. They have a dog and four children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780765302281 |
| ISBN 10 | 0765302284 |
| Title | Cleopatra's Heir |
| Author | Gillian Bradshaw |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | St Martin's Press |
| Year published | 2002-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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