By John Whitehorne
Cleopatras lines the turbulent lives and careers of those traditionally vital girls, studying particularly the sooner Macedonian and Ptolemaic Cleopatras, and the influence in their dynastic marriages at the historical past of the Hellenistic international. John Whitehorne additionally evaluates present perspectives of Cleopatra VII's dramatic suicide, and considers the evolving political importance of royal girls within the final 3 centuries BC.
Clearly and engagingly written, Cleopatras unearths the genuine importance to the ruling dynasties of the 34 recognized Cleopatras who weren't Cleopatra the nice, and illuminates a few interesting yet little-known elements of old Greek and Egyptian heritage alongside the way.
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