Cleopatra : a life / by Stacy Schiff
2010, First Edition. London : Virgin Books. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Sticker to dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #446617
ISBN: 9780753539552
Physical description; viii, 368 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-349) and index. Pulitzer Prize in Biography, 2011 Contents; 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. Subjects; Cleopatra Queen of Egypt -30 B.C. Cleopatra Queen of Egypt -30 B.C. ; Biography. 332-30 B.C. Queens Egypt ; Biography. Kings and rulers. Queens. Biography.
Price: €12.95