Cleopatra books non fiction review

Level 1 5 mo. Cleopatra was a female ruler with great power and wealth.

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. My vision of the woman was more myth than. A Life by Stacy Schiff is a great read. The books centerpiece is a vivid reconstruction of the Battle of Actium which pitted 600 warships with crews totaling nearly 200000 people against each other.

Writing with an easy mastery of her subject Tyldesley always seems to be able to lay her hands on the perfect lively detail whether an excerpt from an obscure bureaucratic document or a. I suppose I had romanticized Cleopatra. A tetradrachm of Cleopatra VII Ascalon mint If you read the classical writers shes all that is anti-Roman in the world.

Cleopatra is centered as a catalytic figure someone whose movements affected not only her contemporary world but the greater view of history. Antonys male Roman advisers resented her and ultimately defected. Brainy unattractive Eleanor the anti-Cleo and Santiago the overweight.

By Tracy Lee Simmons. When I hear the name I think of Elizabeth Taylor as she depicted the infamous queen. The name Cleopatra calls up cheap flashes of Hollywood glitz a diva in jewels not a regal eminence invested with the power to drive.

In what Im worried is not a coincidence the books clearest outsiders are two of the non-WASPs. Drawing from scant direct sources of the famous queen but providing context through various sources of the time on other major players she paints a picture of Cleopatra that is complex. Schiff paints a really interesting.

A woman a queen an Eastern ruler who worships strange. Her acumen and intelligence. Her fiction writing has received the Author Ambassador at Library Journal Self-e Authors Winner Queen of the West Reader Favorite Award Amazon Bestseller - Historical.

In the end I wasnt happy with the portrayal of. Its not super long so you could probably read through it fairly quickly. This book is a solid biography of Cleopatra appreciating her cleverness and ability as a politician and examining how the world at the time reacted to her.

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Cleopatra Frankenstein Coco Mellors Hardback Feb 2022 Books Paper Scissors