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Cleopatra : a life / by Stacy Schiff. |
| Authors: | Schiff, Stacy. |
| Call number: | B Cleopatra SCH |
| Publisher: | New York : Little, Brown and Co., c2010. |
| Publication date: | c2010. |
| Subject: |
Queens -- Egypt -- Biography.
Egypt -- Kings and rulers -- Biography. Egypt -- History -- 332-30 B.C. Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, d. 30 B.C. |
| Title: | Cleopatra : a life / by Stacy Schiff. |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Physical description: | viii, 368 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents note: | Introduction: That Egyptian woman -- Dead men don't bite -- Cleopatra captures the old man by magic -- The golden age never was the present age -- Man is by nature a political creature -- We must often shift the sails when we wish to arrive in port -- An object of gossip for the whole world -- Illicit affairs and bastard children -- The wickedest woman in history. |
| Summary note: | The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Though her life spanned fewer than 40 years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world. |
| Biography note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780316001922 0316001929 |
| LCCN: | 2010006988 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1269787 |
| Bib No.: | 1269787 |