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Cleopatra the Great : the woman behind the legend / Joann Fletcher.

Title
Cleopatra the Great : the woman behind the legend / Joann Fletcher.
Author
Fletcher, Joann.
Publication
New York : Harper, c2008.

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Description
454 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill., maps; 24 cm.
Summary
Fletcher draws on a wealth of overlooked detail and the latest research to reveal Cleopatra as she truly was, from her first meeting with Julius Caesar to her legendary death by snakebite. Bringing the ancient world to life, Cleopatra the Great is full of tantalizing details about the Pharaoh's infamous banquets, her massive library, her goddess outfits, beauty regimes and hairstyles.
Subject
  • Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C
  • Queens > Egypt > Biography
  • Egypt > History > 332 B.C.-30 B.C
  • Rome > History > Republic, 265 B.C.-30 B.C
  • Egypt > Kings and rulers > Biography
Note
  • Originally published: Great Britain : Hodder and Stoughton, 2008.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-442) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The spirit of Alexander: Europe and Egypt -- In the blood: the Ptolemies and their Cleopatras -- The goddess comes forth: Cleopatra's early life -- A veiled proposal: Cleopatra meets Caesar -- The river of life: the progress down the Nile -- Great Mother Isis: the birth of Caesarion -- Caesar's palace: Cleopatra in Europe -- Death and resurrection: Osiris avenged -- The inimitable life: Antonius and conspicuous consumption -- Goddess of the golden age: the restoration of empire -- The final year: defeat, death and eternal life -- Epilogue: the aftermath.
ISBN
  • 9780060585587
  • 0060585587
LCCN
^^2011283067
OCLC
712232723
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library