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Cleopatra : a life / Stacy Schiff.
Publication details: New York : Little, Brown and Co., c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 368 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780753539552 :
- 0753539551 :
- DT92.7 .S35 2010
Contents:
Summary: The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Though her life spanned fewer than 40 years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world.
Introduction: That Egyptian woman -- Dead men don't bite -- Cleopatra captures the old man by magic -- The golden age never was the present age -- Man is by nature a political creature -- We must often shift the sails when we wish to arrive in port -- An object of gossip for the whole world -- Illicit affairs and bastard children -- The wickedest woman in history.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | DT 92.7 .S35 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5031976 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-349) and index.
Introduction: That Egyptian woman -- Dead men don't bite -- Cleopatra captures the old man by magic -- The golden age never was the present age -- Man is by nature a political creature -- We must often shift the sails when we wish to arrive in port -- An object of gossip for the whole world -- Illicit affairs and bastard children -- The wickedest woman in history.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Though her life spanned fewer than 40 years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world.
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