Ebook {Epub PDF} Cleopatra: A Biography by Michael Grant

This little known biography of Cleopatra VII and her times is magnificent. Grant's book as an attempt at an historical biography of this most famous queen that is not colored by the propaganda that was circulated by Rome and that has persisted even until today, is an unmitigated success. Grant's Cleopatra rings more true to the ear and the www.doorway.ru by: 2.  · Cleopatra’s Daughter: And Other Royal Women of the Augustan Era by Duane W. Roller. Cleopatra: A Biography by Michael Grant. Cleopatra: A Biography by Duane W. Roller. Cleopatra: A Sourcebook by Prudence Jones. Cleopatra and Rome by Diana E.E. Kleiner. Antony and Cleopatra by Adrian Goldsworthy. Victoria: An Intimate Biography by Stanley.  · Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, was also a scholar, murderer, lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony and one of the most remarkable women in www.doorway.ru distinguished historian and classicist Michael Grant confirms that her reputation as a temptress was well-founded. However, by unravelling the sources behind the tangle of myth, gossip and invention he shows that the popular image of a .

The item Cleopatra, [by] Michael Grant represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Liverpool. This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. Cambridge professor Michael Grant's biography of Egypt's famous Queen Cleopatra VII became almost the standard textbook for a neverending rash of popular bestsellers, films, and TV shows about her. And yet he is careful to point out: "The only contemporary historians from whom a. Cleopatra VII, often simply called "Cleopatra," was the last of a series of rulers called the Ptolemies who ruled Egypt for nearly years. Cleopatra ruled an empire that included Egypt, Cyprus, part of modern-day Libya and other territories in the Middle East. Modern-day depictions of her tend to depict.

Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, was also a scholar, murderer, lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony and one of the most remarkable women in www.doorway.ru distinguished historian and classicist Michael. [1 lb., 10 oz.]. CONDITION: Very good+ to like new; clean inside and out. The dust jacket is very good+; it has slight shelf wear. This little known biography of Cleopatra VII and her times is magnificent. Grant's book as an attempt at an historical biography of this most famous queen that is not colored by the propaganda that was circulated by Rome and that has persisted even until today, is an unmitigated success. Grant's Cleopatra rings more true to the ear and the mind.