Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Joyce TyldesleyAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2010-06-22Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465018925ISBN-10:465018920UPC:9780465018925Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Historical, Women, AncientBook Topic:EgyptSize:9.25 x 6.20 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SCK5VHSMF4
Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt
The Romans regarded her as "fatale monstrum" -- a fatal omen. Pascal said the shape of her nose changed the history of the world. Shakespeare portrayed her as an icon of tragic love. But who was Cleopatra, really? We almost feel that we know Cleopatra, but our distorted image of a self-destructive beauty does no justice to Cleopatra's true genius. In Cleopatra, Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley offers...
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465018925ISBN-10:465018920UPC:9780465018925Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Historical, Women, AncientBook Topic:EgyptSize:9.25 x 6.20 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SCK5VHSMF4
Dr. Joyce Tyldesley holds a first class honors degree in archaeology from Liverpool University, and a doctorate from Oxford University. She is currently a lecturer in Egyptology at the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology, Fellow of the Manchester Museum and Honorary Research Fellow at Liverpool University. She has acted as consultant on several television projects and has excavated extensively...
Publisher: Basic Books
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