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Cleopatra is a truly iconic figure: the last Egyptian Pharaoh and arguably the greatest. But she is also a mythical figure, mainly known through Shakespearean tragedy and Roman propaganda.Therehas been littleattemptto tell her true story -- until now ...In this, the first biography for over thirty years, JoannFletcher draws on a wealth ofoverlooked detail that reveals Cleopatra as she truly was: a brilliantpolitician, erudite scholar and mother of four children. Queen of Egyptat seventeen, she restored her country to its former glory and was the only Mediterranean ruler to manage to resist the Romans for over twenty years, before her final defeat and suicide. The book brilliantly evokes Cleopatra's life from Alexandria to Rome, and is full of tantalising details about her famous banquets, her massive library, her goddess outfits, beauty regimes and hairstyles. Fletcher also explodes a series oflong-standing myths and addresses her heritage, with some exciting results.

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