Cleopatra :Last Queen of Egypt

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Cleopatra

Cleopatra :Last Queen of Egypt

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She was the last ruler of the Macedonian dynasty of Ptolemies who had ruled Egypt for three centuries. Highly educated (she was the only one of the Ptolemies to read and speak ancient Egyptian as well as the court Greek) and very clever (her famous liaisons with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony were as much to do with politics as the heart), she steered her kingdom through impossibly taxing internal problems and railed against greedy Roman imperialism. Stripping away preconceptions as old as her Roman enemies, Joyce Tyldesley uses all her skills as an Egyptologist to give us this magnificent biography.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781861979018
ISBN10 1861979010
Number Of Pages 320
Item Weight 220 g
Product Dimensions 128 x 196 x 22 mm
Publisher / Reseller Profile Books Ltd
Format paperback
Edition Main
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Tyldesley's strength has always been her storytelling, and here she is on top form. * Sunday Telegraph *
This excellent biography scores with a wealth of splendid detail. -- Christopher Hirst * Independent *
Magnificent ... strips away preconceptions to provide a rich, absorbing picture of a country and its Egyptian Queen. * Belfast Telegraph *
A very readable account of the life of Cleopatra VII, and one that goes some way to redress the way in which she is often viewed ... Intriguing insights into life and society in the Egypt of the Ptolemies. * THES *
4 Stars: [A] sympathetic biography...she is able to place Cleopatra securely in Egyptian culture and history. * Mail on Sunday *
A lively and informative history...The book is a treasure trove of facts and figures... -- Toby Clements * Daily Telegraph *

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Author's Bio

Joyce Tyldesley's books include acclaimed biographies of Rameses the Great, and the Queens Hatchepsut and Nefertiti, and of Egypt: How a Lost Civilization was Rediscovered, which accompanied a major BBC television series. They have been published all over the world. She lives in Bolton, Lancashire.

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