It is written in accessible language and yet pays suitable homage to the rollercoaster of facts and emotions. The result is over a thousand pages long, and yet despite this it is not difficult to read. Margaret George addresses what most would consider an insurmountable task in documenting a fictionalised (though heavily based on deep research) version of Cleopatra's entire life, from that as a child ruler to the moment of her death. The story of Cleopatra is a tale that has held the general public for generations, not only through Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" but also through the medium of film in particular. This saga of ambition, power and passion is told in the first person, from the queen's earliest memories of her father's tenuous rule to her own reign over one of the most glittering kingdoms in the world." "The story of Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile.
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