![]() ![]() Rich in detail, epic in scope, Schiff's is a luminous reconstruction of a dazzling life. Stacy Schiff boldly separates fact from fiction to rescue the magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order, a generation before the birth of Christ. Though her life spanned fewer than forty years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world.įamous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. Cleopatra, the wealthiest ruler of her time and one of the most powerful women in history, was a canny political strategist, a brilliant manager, a tough. Stacy Schiff boldly separates fact from fiction to. Her palace shimmered with gold but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. ![]() ![]() Inside cover: "This is an astonishing, scrupulously researched, meticulously assembled retelling of one of the world's most famous lives - and it will become a classic" - Simon Winchester.Ĭleopatra's palace shimmered with onyx and gold but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Cleopatras palace shimmered with onyx and gold but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. ![]() 2010 "First Edition: November 2010" stated on copyright page Little, Brown and Company publishers, New York hardbound in black boards with gilt stamp lettering along spine very good condition with unmarked pages dust jacket very good pictoral endpapers very nice. ![]()
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