I, Cleopatra

By William Bostock

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446813796
• ISBN13: 9780446813792
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Warner Books
• Length: 749 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Very Good Historical Fiction Novel on the Last Great Eqyptian Queen

I too read this book when I was younger and loved it. I spent many years searching for another copy. I think that if it was republished it would be a big seller as there is a huge interest in ancient Egypt and Cleopatra. The author wrote this novel in first person perspective, with Queen Cleopatra as the narrator. It begins with Cleopatra as a child. Her father Ptolemy XII is betrayed as a sad, drunken man, but despite this, Cleopatra loves him dearly. Egypt is bankrupt and dependent on Rome for support. The author gives us more insight on Cleopatra's sisters and their advisors. From a very young age, she realizes that both of her sisters want her dead. Cleopatra is portrayed here as very intelligent child who loved history and became an expert historian in her time. She was fascinated by Alexander the Great, and his prowess on the battlefield. I was one of his generals that began the Ptolemy dynasty. She believes that Egypt can be the great nation that it was at the beginning of the Ptolemy's reign and as a woman, she is shrewd enough to know that she needs a general as great as Alexander. She finds them first in Julius Caesar and then Mark Antony and she loved both of them greatly. This novel is an excellent blend on true history and fiction and is a very enjoyable read. Nearly thirty years later, Margaret George would write her version of the memoirs of this remarkable queen, but I still think this is the better of the two. Since the book is out of print, I recommend that you buy a used version while they it still be found.

I CLEOPATRA

LOVED THE BOOK, I HAVE LOOKED FOR IT FOR YEARS HAVING READ IT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. LOTS OF ACCURATE HISTORICAL INFO WITH INTERESTING INSIGHTS INTO THE WOMAN CLEOPATRA WAS.