Cleopatra the Great

<p><strong>Joann Fletcher has the good grace and specialist knowledge to do away with Roman romances. This book's bedrock is Egyptology. . . . Cleopatra was indeed not just a 'baleful beauty;' she was great. --<em>History Today</em> </strong></p><p><em>Cleopatra the Great</em> tells the story of a turbulent time and the extraordinary woman at its center. Intelligent and compulsively readable this is an unparalleled biography worthy of one of history's most fascinating leaders: politician mother and goddess the legendary Cleopatra.</p><p>The subject of myth for more than two millennia Cleopatra has long been obscured by Roman propaganda Shakespearean tragedy and Hollywood glamour. Yet Cleopatra was a woman of passion magnetism and political genius the last and perhaps the greatest Egyptian pharaoh. In <em>Cleopatra the Great</em> world-renowned Egyptologist Joann Fletcher draws on a wealth of newly discovered information and research to reveal this vital woman as she truly was--a polymath monarch; a potent combination of traditionalist and innovator; an astute futurist; and a ruthless opportunist who would let nothing stand in her way.</p><br/><br/>