Cleopatra: A Life

From back cover: Famous long before she was notorious, Cleopatra has gone down in history for all the wrong reasons; her supple personality and the drama of her circumstances have been lost. In a masterly return to the classical sources, Stacy Schiff boldly separates fact from fiction to rescue the magnetic queen whose death ushered in a new world order.

Set in

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  Alexandria · Egypt

  Cleopatra's capital and seat of power — the great Mediterranean city at the heart of her reign
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• Rome · Italy

  Rome where Cleopatra resided with Caesar and where her fate was ultimately decided