Cleopatra: Goddess of Egypt, Enemy of Rome - Couverture rigide

Brooks, Polly Schoyer

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0060236078 ISBN 13 : 9780060236076

Editeur : Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1995

Synopsis

A chronicle of the life of one of history's most famous women shows how Cleopatra, distantly related to Alexander the Great and worshipped as a goddess in Egypt, became a major figure in the ancient struggle for power in the Mediterranean

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Présentation de l'éditeur

"For her actual beauty was not itself remarkable . . . but the contact of her presence . . . was irresistible; the attraction of her person, joining with the charm of her conversation . . . was something bewitching. it was a pleasure merely to hear her voice, with which, like an instrument Of many strings, she could pass from one language to another."--Plutarch

CLEOPATRA, last of the Ptolemy rulers of Egypt and mother to both Julius Caesar's and Mark Antony's children, inspired countless myths and legends as well as the greatest poets and dramatists throughout the ages. Intriguing both to her admirers and to her critics, Cleopatra's sheer presence and inimitable actions elicited passionate responses from the moment she was smuggled inside her own palace to meet Caesar to her debut as a warrior queen at the illfated battle of Actium. An educated woman and politically savvy ruler, she wisely encouraged her subjects to worship her as the Egyptian goddess Isis, even as she traced her own ancestry back to a Macedonian Greek, Alexander the Great. Her Roman enemies tried to ruin her by casting her as a dangerous and immoral foreign queen, "the serpent of the Nile," but even they respected her courage when she took her own life rather than be taken prisoner to Rome.

Throughout her reign, Cleopatra was such a powerful force in the struggle between East and West for control of the Mediterranean world that no one ever dared ignore or underestimate her.

Polly Schoyer Brooks's fascinating portrait of this vital young queen will leave readers speculating whether the history of the Western world would have been different had Cleopatra succeeded in her dream of an empire ruled jointly by Rome and the Ptolemies of Alexandria.

‘In this lively and entertaining biography, Brooks does an admirable job of presenting a well-rounded picture of the most famous queen of all time. . . . Short and straightforward enough for a middle-schooler, this biography is also complete and complex enough to satisfy any reader interested in the time period.''VOYA.

Biographie de l'auteur

Polly Schoyer Brooks most recent works are Queen Eleanor which School Library Journal called "an excellent and accurate biography;" and, Beyond the Myth: The Story of Joan of Arc which Booklist praises for being "written in a lively style that will hold the attention of students and browsers."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0060236078
• ISBN 13: 9780060236076
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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