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Cleopatra : Egypt's last and greatest queen / Susan Blackaby.

Blackaby, Susan. (Author).

Summary:

Profiles the last queen of Egypt, who gained and maintained power over her kingdom through her alliance with Julius Caesar and later Marc Antony.

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  • ISBN: 9781402765407
  • Physical Description: 124 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Sterling, 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-120) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Birth of a queen -- Power and exile -- Appealing to Caesar -- Fighting for control -- Devotion and disaster -- Growing conspiracies -- Passion and politics -- Carefree and careless -- Republican unrest -- Reunion and renewal -- The Parthian campaign -- Triumphs, titles, and tensions -- Gathering forces -- The battle of Actium -- Death in Alexandria.
Subject: Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, d. 30 B.C. > Juvenile literature.
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, d. 30 B.C.
Queens > Egypt > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Kings, queens, rulers, etc. > Egypt > Biography.
Egypt > History > 332-30 B.C. > Juvenile literature.
Egypt > History > 332-30 B.C.

Birth of a queen
Power and exile
Appealing to Caesar
Fighting for control
Devotion and disaster
Growing conspiracies
Passion and politics
Carefree and careless
Republican unrest
Reunion and renewal
The Parthian campaign
Triumphs, titles, and tensions
Gathering forces
The battle of Actium
Death in Alexandria.

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