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Fletcher draws on a wealth of overlooked detail and the latest research to reveal Cleopatra as she truly was, from her first meeting with Julius Caesar to her legendary death by snakebite. Bringing the ancient world to life, Cleopatra the Great is full of tantalizing details about the Pharaoh's infamous banquets, her massive library, her goddess outfits, beauty regimes and hairstyles.
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Cleopatra the Great: The Woman Behind the Legend
2011, HarperCollins Publishers
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Cleopatra the Great: the woman behind the legend
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Table of Contents
The spirit of Alexander: Europe and Egypt
In the blood: the Ptolemies and their Cleopatras
The goddess comes forth: Cleopatra's early life
A veiled proposal: Cleopatra meets Caesar
The river of life: the progress down the Nile
Great Mother Isis: the birth of Caesarion
Caesar's palace: Cleopatra in Europe
Death and resurrection: Osiris avenged
The inimitable life: Antonius and conspicuous consumption
Goddess of the golden age: the restoration of empire
The final year: defeat, death and eternal life
Epilogue: the aftermath.
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Originally published: Great Britain : Hodder and Stoughton, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-442) and index.
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