""Cleopatra": kohl and vipers, barges and thrones, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. We have long been schooled in the myth of the Egyptian ruler. In his new book Michel Chauveau brings us a picture of her firmly based in reality."--BOOK JACKET.
Book Details
Format
Hardcover
ISBN-10
0801438675
ISBN-13
9780801438677
Publication Date
Feb 2002
Item Weight
0.65 pounds
Length
8.27 inch
Width
5.51 inch
Height
0.71 inch
First Sentence
The reign of Cleopatra represented the end of one of humanity's greatest adventures, which began with Alexander's conquest of the East, from the Nile to the Indus, permitting the formation of states with mixed, multicultural populations dominated by a Greek or Hellenized minority.
