Cleopatra: Fact and Fiction

by Barbara Watterson

Book Overview

Cleopatra is one of the greatest romantic figures in history, the queen of Egypt whose beauty and allure is legendary. We think we know her story, but our image of her is largely gleaned from the film starring Elizabeth Taylor or from Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. Shakespeare himself was inspired by Plutarch, who was only sixteen years old when Cleopatra died. So her story was never based purely on fact. In the middle of the first century BC,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144566965X
• ISBN13: 9781445669656
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"