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 Memoirs of Cleopatra, The - Margaret George
Newest Review: ... fair and loving woman, yet ruthless in her determination to retain the throne of Egypt and protect her children. She both ... more  ... loved her husbands and hated her enemies with an intense fierceness, even ordering the execution of her own sister who was plotting to dethrone her. You cannot help but admire her strength as a politician within her own country and in the face of her enemies abroad. She was such a young queen and achieved so much that it is not surprising that her name has remained famous throughout the centuries.
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Memoirs of Cleopatra, The - Margaret George: The Queen of the Nile lives on (1009 words)
by Sue Ellen - written on 25/08/00 (Very useful, 82 readings)
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If you like historical novels, here’s another author to add to your list of must-haves – Margaret George. Ms George relates the story of Cleopatra as if it was the Queen of Egypt herself who is writing her autobiography. It is so expertly and beautifully written that while I was reading it I kept forgetting that it is in fact a work of fiction. Mind you, it is a work of fiction that is based very strongly on actual facts. Margaret George includes an author’s note at the end of the novel, explaining what is fact and what she has invented. Apparently, a lot of the things I assumed to have been fictional have actually been documented by the ...
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