Cleopatra the Great: The Woman Behind the Legend

ISBN: 0060585595

Author: Fletcher, Dr. Joann

Condition: New

Joann Fletcher has the good grace and specialist knowledge to do away with Roman romances. This books bedrock is Egyptology. . . . Cleopatra was, indeed, not just a baleful beauty; she was great. -History TodayCleopatra the Great tells the story of a turbulent time and the extraordinary woman at its center. Intelligent and compulsively readable, this is an unparalleled biography worthy of one of history's most fascinating leaders: politician, mother, and goddess, the legendary Cleopatra.The subject of myth for more than two millennia, Cleopatra has long been obscured by Roman propaganda, Shakespearean tragedy, and Hollywood glamour. Yet Cleopatra was a woman of passion, magnetism, and political genius, the last and perhaps the greatest Egyptian pharaoh. In Cleopatra the Great, world-renowned Egyptologist Joann Fletcher draws on a wealth of newly discovered information and research to reveal this vital woman as she truly was-a polymath monarch; a potent combination of traditionalist and innovator; an astute futurist; and a ruthless opportunist who would let nothing stand in her way.