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Cleopatra
- The Queen Who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
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Publisher's Summary
One of Italy’s most revered cultural figures reconstructs the extraordinary life of the legendary Cleopatra at the height of her power in this epic story of passion, intrigue, betrayal, and war.
Our world today would not be the same without Cleopatra. While she is one of the most famous figures in history, the legendary Egyptian queen remains, in many ways, an enigma. In this mesmerizing history, Alberto Angela offers a fresh and dynamic portrait of this extraordinary ruler, revealing a strikingly modern woman born in an ancient era and skilled in the art of diplomacy and war, who would conquer the heart of a general - Marc Antony - and Rome itself.
Cleopatra focuses on a 20-year period that marked a sweeping change in Roman history, beginning with the assassination of Julius Caesar that led to the end of the Republic, and ending with the suicides of Antony and Cleopatra and the birth of the Augustan Empire. Angela brings the people, stories, customs, and traditions of this fascinating period alive as he transports us to the chaotic streets of the capital of the ancient world, the exotic port of Alexandria in Egypt, and to the bloody battlefields where an empire was won and lost.
Meticulously researched and rich with vivid detail, this sweeping history, reminiscent of the works of Simon Schama, Mary Beard’s SPQR, and Tom Holland’s Rubicon, recreates this remarkable era and the woman at its turbulent center.
Translated from the Italian by Katherine Gregor
“[Cleopatra] combines scholarship with novelistic detail and character depth...[Alberto Angela] effectively draws on previous scholarship, wading through legend and myth to get at the truth of what actually occurred... a character-rich historical biography.” (Kirkus)
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- James Wilson
- 10-08-2023
A thrilling glimpse into the past
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Not only was it informative, but the author (and translator) have clearly gone to great lengths to make it digestible, entertaining, and coherent. We follow the story of Cleopatra throughout the tumultuous and dramatic end of ancient Egyptian history and start of the Roman Empire, watching as the usual scenes unfold but learning some interesting new details along the way. The attempts to humanise the protagonists are very successful, giving dimension to their stories while showing the effervescent lifes of these ancient figures, and that nobody succeeds or fails alone. We come away reminded that life in the ancient era was fraught with the same drama, passion, cruelty and love as our own, but was lived faster, their efforts compressed into fewer years. An excellent performance by Derek Perkins leaves little more to comment on!
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- Anonymous User
- 04-11-2023
One of the best books I have ever read
This is such a brilliant written book, exceptionally narrated. It really captured the history and the people behind the facts. INCREDIBLE
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