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Cleopatra
Joyce Tyldesley
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Description for Cleopatra
Paperback. The Romans regarded Cleopatra as 'fatale monstrum', a tyrant to be crushed. Pascal said the shape of her nose changed the history of the world. Shakespeare and Tiepolo (and Elizabeth Taylor) portrayed her as an icon of tragic beauty. But who was Cleopatra, really? This biography discusses about Cleopatra. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; BGH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
271g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861979018
SKU
V9781861979018
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About Joyce Tyldesley
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.
Reviews for Cleopatra
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more