The Story Of Cleopatra

Author : Stacy Schiff
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780316121804

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Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff Pdf

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator. Though her life spanned fewer than forty years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world. She was married twice, each time to a brother. She waged a brutal civil war against the first when both were teenagers. She poisoned the second. Ultimately she dispensed with an ambitious sister as well; incest and assassination were family specialties. Cleopatra appears to have had sex with only two men. They happen, however, to have been Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, among the most prominent Romans of the day. Both were married to other women. Cleopatra had a child with Caesar and -- after his murder -- three more with his protégé. Already she was the wealthiest ruler in the Mediterranean; the relationship with Antony confirmed her status as the most influential woman of the age. The two would together attempt to forge a new empire, in an alliance that spelled their ends. Cleopatra has lodged herself in our imaginations ever since. Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons. Shakespeare and Shaw put words in her mouth. Michelangelo, Tiepolo, and Elizabeth Taylor put a face to her name. Along the way, Cleopatra's supple personality and the drama of her circumstances have been lost. In a masterly return to the classical sources, Stacy Schiff here boldly separates fact from fiction to rescue the magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order. Rich in detail, epic in scope, Schiff 's is a luminous, deeply original reconstruction of a dazzling life.

Author : The History Hour
Publisher : Kolme Korkeudet Oy
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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CLEOPATRA by The History Hour Pdf

Cleopatra VII Philopator was the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, nominally survived as pharaoh by her son Caesarion. She was also a diplomat, naval commander, polyglot, and medical author. As a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder, Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great. Inside you’ll read about • Rome comes to Egypt • Sibling rivalry • Caesar and Cleopatra • Assassination • Antony and Cleopatra • An Alexandrian idyll • Dusk approaches And much more! Julius Caesar maintained a private affair with Cleopatra that produced a son, Caesarion (Ptolemy XV). When Caesar was assassinated Cleopatra attempted to have Caesarion named as his heir, but this fell instead to Caesar’s grandnephew Octavian. In the Liberators’ civil war Cleopatra sided with the Roman Second Triumvirate formed by Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. Cleopatra had an affair with Antony that would eventually produce three children: Alexander Helios, Cleopatra Selene II, and Ptolemy Philadelphus. Octavian’s forces invaded Egypt and defeated those of Antony, leading to his suicide. When Cleopatra learned that Octavian planned to bring her to Rome for his triumphal procession, she committed suicide by poisoning, the popular belief being that she was bitten by an asp.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433074917158

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Antony & Cleopatra by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : Joyce Tyldesley
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781847650443

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Cleopatra by Joyce Tyldesley Pdf

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 biography.

Author : Jacob Abbott
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781605208183

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History of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt by Jacob Abbott Pdf

Abraham Lincoln raved that this series of historical biographies gave him "just that knowledge of past men and events which I need. I have read them with the greatest interest. To them I am indebted for about all the historical knowledge I have." Considered what we would now call "young adult" literature, this collection, first published between 1848 and 1871, was designed to present a clear, distinct, connected narrative of the lives of the great figures of world history, those people who have been most influential, at least as American author and educator JACOB ABBOTT (1803-1879) saw it from his 19th-century perspective. Wildly popular and republished many times under different collected names, this replica set mimics the 1904 reprint known as the "Makers of History" series. It will delight students of history as well as show the scholar how history telling has changed over the last few centuries. More than 30 other volumes in the series are also available from Cosimo Classics. This volume, dating from 1851, covers Egyptian queen Cleopatra (69Bi30Be, from before her ascension to the throne to her relationships with Caesar and Antony, the Alexandrine War, and much more.

Author : Kristiana Gregory
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0590819755

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Cleopatra VII, Daughter of the Nile by Kristiana Gregory Pdf

While her father is in hiding after attempts on his life, 12-year-old Cleopatra records in her diary how she fears for her own safety and hopes to survive to become Queen of Egypt some day.

Author : M.J. Trow
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472107732

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A Brief History of Vampires by M.J. Trow Pdf

A historical journey in pursuit of the history, legend and lore of vampires. Where do they come from? Why do they have so much appeal today? As Twilight hits the book charts and billboards, and True Blood is on TV there are vampires in downtown clubs and never has it been more fashionable to be pale. M J Trow looks at the story of vampires and charts its origins a long way from the shopping mall in the story of the warrior prince, Vlad of Wallachia.

Author : Jacob Abbott
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 143446864X

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Makers of History by Jacob Abbott Pdf

A history and biography of Cleopatra, the Queen of Egypt. Complete with illustrations.

Author : Haydn Middleton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Cleopatra
ISBN : 0199101876

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Cleopatra by Haydn Middleton Pdf

A biography of the Egyptian queen who gained and maintained power over her kingdom through her alliance with Julius Caesar and later Marc Antony.

Author : Michael Grant
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781780221144

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Cleopatra by Michael Grant Pdf

Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, was also a scholar, murderer, lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony and one of the most remarkable women in history. The distinguished historian and classicist Michael Grant confirms that her reputation as a temptress was well-founded. However, by unravelling the sources behind the tangle of myth, gossip and invention he shows that the popular image of a wayward woman opting for a life of sensuous luxury and neglecting her affairs of state is far from the truth. A brilliant linguist and the first of her Greek-speaking dynasty who learned Egyptian, she was reputed to be the author of treatises on agriculture, make-up and alchemy. Her love affairs were carefully calculated to further her plans to restore her empire to its former greatness and she was a ruthless foe to all who stood in her way. But dead on her golden couch in the palace at Alexandria her life seemed to have ended in failure; her dreams of empire shattered; her lover Mark Antony a suicide himself and she a prisoner of her conqueror Octavian. An unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary queen and her stormy life.

Author : Duane W. Roller
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780199829965

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Cleopatra by Duane W. Roller Pdf

Few personalities from classical antiquity are more familiar yet more poorly grasped than Cleopatra (69-30 BC), queen of Egypt. In this work, Duane Roller has written the definitive biography of the queen, not as a figure in popular culture or even in the arts and literature of the last 500 years, but as the last Greek queen of Egypt.

Author : Vicky Alvear Shecter
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781635928433

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Cleopatra Rules! by Vicky Alvear Shecter Pdf

Learn all about Cleopatra, a far more capable and powerful ruler than people have thought, in this lively and informative biography. Most of what we've known about Cleopatra—and what crept into art, film, and literature—came from her enemies, the Romans. Ascending to the throne at young age of 17, Cleopatra proved to be a brilliant negotiator who forged alliances that kept her in power and in control of her kingdom. This book about Egypt's last and most famous pharaoh features an inviting text, many sidebars, and excellent color illustrations: maps, photos of ancient artifacts, and artworks from many historical periods.

Author : Margaret George
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 980 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429924832

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The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George Pdf

Bestselling novelist Margaret George brings to life the glittering kingdom of Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile, in this lush, sweeping, and richly detailed saga, the basis for the Cleopatra TV mini-series. Told in Cleopatra's own voice, The Memoirs of Cleopatra is a mesmerizing tale of ambition, passion, and betrayal in the ancient Egyptian world, which begins when the twenty-year-old queen seeks out the most powerful man in the world, Julius Caesar, and does not end until, having survived the assassination of Caesar and the defeat of the second man she loves, Marc Antony, she plots her own death rather than be paraded in triumph through the streets of Rome. Most of all, in its richness and authenticity, it is an irresistible story that reveals why Margaret George's work has been widely acclaimed as "the best kind of historical novel, one the reader can't wait to get lost in." (San Francisco Chronicle).

Author : Laurel A. Rockefeller
Publisher : Legendary Women of World Histo
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1728670470

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Cleopatra VII by Laurel A. Rockefeller Pdf

The exciting true story of Egypt's most famous queen!Cleopatra Thea Philopator refused to do what she was told. In an age where patriarchy denied full citizenship to even the most elite of Roman women, Cleopatra ruled her Egypt determined to keep it independent and free from Roman control -- at any price necessary. Demonized as a simple seductress by Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (the future Caesar Augustus) and his political allies, Cleopatra VII proved herself the equal to three of the most powerful men of the Roman world: Gaius Julius Caesar, Marcus Antonius, and Octavian Caesar. Includes a detailed timeline, suggested reading list/bibliography, and a special Easter egg for science fiction fans.

Author : Margaret George
Publisher : Pan
Page : 1152 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781743297254

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Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George Pdf

An enthralling tale of passion, ambition and betrayalThe mesmerizing story of Queen Cleopatra in her own words - by bestselling novelist Margaret George, author of The Autobiography of Henry VIII and Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles. Told in the first person - from the young queen's earliest memories of her father's tenuous rule to her own reign over one of the most glittering kingdoms in the world - this is an enthralling saga of ambition and power. It is also a tale of passion that begins when the twenty-one-year-old Cleopatra, desperate to return from exile, seeks out the one man who can help her: Julius Caesar. And it does not end until, having survived the assassination of Caesar and the defeat of the second man she loves, Marc Antony, she plots her own death . . . PRAISE FOR MARGARET GEORGE 'The author's impeccable research brings a long-ago civilization thoroughly to life, and her portraits of Cleopatra, Caesar and Antony are wonderful. A spellbinding book' Barbara Taylor Bradford