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Cleopatra A Woman of Power | 3.17 MB
Title: Cleopatra A Woman of Power
Author: Aldo Schiavone, Patrick Baker
Category: Biography & Memoir, Rome, Historical, Egypt
Language: English | 227 Pages | ISBN: 9780691281230
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The life of one of history's most powerful women, retold through seven crucial episodes that shook the ancient worldCleopatra: A Woman of Power is a major new biography of one of history's most misunderstood figures. Far from the common portrayal of her as seductress and betrayer, Cleopatra emerges as a brilliant strategist and visionary leader determined to reshape the balance of power between Rome and the Hellenistic East.
In a propulsive historical narrative, Aldo Schiavone recovers Cleopatra the woman and queen, a complex individual who was seductive not just for her beauty but for her extraordinary force of personality. Schiavone reconstructs her story through seven pivotal moments in her life: the night before the battle of Actium, which sets the stage; her meeting with Julius Caesar in Alexandria; the day of Caesar's assassination; her first meeting with Antony on the banks of the Cydnus River; her fateful alliance with him in Antioch; the day of...
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