01806cam a2200373 i 4500 629640510 TxAuBib 20110209120000.0 100223s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010006988 9780316001922 hardcover 0316001929 hardcover (OCoLC)537308872 DLC eng rda DLC YDXCP TOH UPZ PX0 DAD EEK VP@ LMR CDX LAKCL TxAuBib rda Schiff, Stacy. Cleopatra : a life / by Stacy Schiff. First edition. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010. 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-347) and index. Introduction: That Egyptian woman -- Dead men don't bite -- Cleopatra captures the old man by magic -- The golden age never was the present age -- Man is by nature a political creature -- We must often shift the sails when we wish to arrive in port -- An object of gossip for the whole world -- Illicit affairs and bastard children -- The wickedest woman in history. The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Though her life spanned fewer than 40 years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world. 1070L Lexile. 20110209. Cleopatra Queen of Egypt 30 B.C. Queens Egypt Biography. Egypt Kings and rulers Biography. Egypt History 332-30 B.C. Biographies. TXBRI