Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

Cleopatra: A Life

Stacy Schiff

368 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative medium-paced

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrig...

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