Cleopatra

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Phoenix Press
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2000
Edition: Reprint

Description: 301 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The distinguished historian and classicist Michael Grant confirms that her reputation as a temptress was well-founded. However, by unravelling the sources behind the tangle of myth, gossip and invention he shows that the popular image of a wayward woman opting for FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. 2000 Phoenix Press trade paperback, British import. Michael Grant (History of Rome). The distinguished historian and classicist Michael Grant confirms that her reputation as a temptress was well-founded. However, by unravelling the sources behind the tangle of myth, gossip and invention he shows that the popular image of a wayward woman opting for a life of sensuous luxury and neglecting her affairs of state is far from the truth. A brilliant linguist and the first of her Greek-speaking dynasty who learned Egyptian, she was reputed to be the author of treatises on agriculture, make-up and alchemy. Her love affairs were carefully calculated to further her plans to restore her empire to its former greatness and she was a ruthless foe to all who stood in her way.

ISBN: 9781898799696