Cleopatra by H. Rider Haggard Fiction Fantasy Historical Literary

Oh Cleopatra! Cleopatra! thou Destroyer! if I might but tear thy vision from my heart!Harmachis born of old long-denied royal blood in ancient Egypt is blessed at birth with the promise of greatness and power . . . and once raised to the Pharaohs throne becomes the hope of Egypt against the mailed heel of the Greek and the thrusting spear of the Roman.Then to him appears Queen Cleopatra with her eyes of Cyprian violet her dark waves of hair . . . and her soul-consuming fiery spirit!