![]() ![]() She had to know, when writing said books, that the events were not portrayed accurately-and that annoyed me. She is a great historian, and I believe that her shortcomings in two previous books I've read by her are that she knowingly fictionalizes events far too much. That said, I would trust Margaret George to an extent. ![]() I'm not historian, but I am very, very fascinated by certain people, and Cleopatra is one of them. ![]() The story we all know is told now from an entirely new light: not through the victor, Octavian's, but through the eyes of Cleopatra herself. From her earliest memories, to her dying breaths, all is told through ten "scrolls", carefully entrusted to her faithful-sarcastic-physician and childhood friend, Olympos. Brought to life by George's writing, it's now she who tells her story. Summary: Cleopatra, the doomed Egyptian queen, is known throughout the world as a temptress, seducing two of the most powerful men to ever live: Julius Caesar, and Marc Antony. ![]()
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