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Bezig met laden... Cleopatra : last queen of Egypt (2008)door Joyce Tyldesley
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Cleopatra is often portrayed as a woman ruled by emotion rather than reason; a queen hurtling towards inevitable self-destruction. But these tales of seduction, intrigue, and suicide by asp have obfuscated Cleopatra's true political genius. Stripping away our preconceptions, many of them as old as Egypt's Roman conquerors, Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley offers a magnificent biography of a most extraordinary queen.--From publisher description. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)932.021092History and Geography Ancient World Ancient Egypt to 640 Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine periods, 332 b.c-640 ad. Hellenistic period, 332-30 b.c.LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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The book's background of Ptolemaic Egypt gives the reader an appreciation for the complicated times within which Cleopatra lived. Of course, the history of Cleopatra's relations with Caesar and Antony are simply fascinating, as well as the accounts of her death and surviving offspring.
My only complaint is that the book sometimes unnecessarily digressed into details of general Egyptian archaeology and scholarship which was only tangentially related to Cleopatra's life and times. Perhaps this is due to the fact that remarkably little written and other evidence exists as to this famous woman. ( )