Margaret George
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| Original Title: | The Memoirs of Cleopatra |
| ISBN: | 0330353829 (ISBN13: 9780330353823) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Cleopatra, Marcus Antonius, Julius Caesar |
| Setting: | Egypt Rome(Italy) |
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Bestselling novelist Margaret George brings to life the glittering kingdom of Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile, in this lush, sweeping, and richly detailed saga. Told in Cleopatra's own voice, this is a mesmerizing tale of ambition, passion, and betrayal, which begins when the twenty-year-old queen seeks out the most powerful man in the world, Julius Caesar, and does not end until, having survived the assassination of Caesar and the defeat of the second man she loves, Marc Antony, she plots her own death rather than be paraded in triumph through the streets of Rome. Most of all, in its richness and authenticity, it is an irresistible story that reveals why Margaret George's work has been widely acclaimed as "the best kind of historical novel, one the reader can't wait to get lost in."Details Out Of Books The Memoirs of Cleopatra
| Title | : | The Memoirs of Cleopatra |
| Author | : | Margaret George |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 1139 pages |
| Published | : | January 10th 1998 by MacMillan General Books |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Northern Africa. Egypt |
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Ratings: 4.18 From 17951 Users | 1197 ReviewsWrite Up Out Of Books The Memoirs of Cleopatra
Of all works of fiction, this book certainly gives the most indepth account of the fascinating and tragic Queen of Egypt.The author has clearly done extensive research and aquits this research well, in an entertaining and exteremly informative way.Not only does she have an impressive array of books and documents that she studied before embarking on this work, but she travelled to Egypt, Rome, Israel and Jordan, and spent four years working on this epic.The author explains that her sympathy isArgh....this book needed a good editor. As with all of George's books, I get about half way in and begin to lose interest. While the historical detail is wonderful, it took the author 4 pages to say that Cleopatra took a swim.Started the book in Egypt in December and had to put it down for a while.
Great read, a page-turner. I thought that 900 pgs of historical fiction would make me gag, but the plot was well-developed, the story tight, and the writing good. A great love story written as if from Cleopatra herself.
3.5 stars, but I'm going to round it up to 4 because the enjoyment I got out of it outweighed the flaws.The positives, to me, were:The focus: It's a Cleopatra novel that is actually about Cleopatra. My major contention with other novels about the last Pharaoh is that they tend to emphasise too much on her liaisons with Caesar and Antony to the detriment of herself as a ruler. Cleopatra had a life of her own independent of these Roman men who, while certainly very important in her life, weren't
Margaret George has a way with words. This is my first MG book and what a book to start with! I confess, it took me a while to get into it, though I appreciated what I read I was not pulled in. The book is a staggering 956 pages (if you don't include th authors notes etc.) and while the book read like poetry at times it also got tedious in the explanations of things; such is history though. Though I know that Julius Caesar and Cleopatra's relationship is very much more romantic in the book than
FAVORITE book of all time. I would love to know Cleopatra.
Wow, I can't believe this book is over...I feel a sense of accomplishment for having finished it (it's really, really long) and a sense of loss that it's over. The writing is so beautiful and real that it isn't a stretch at all to imagine that Cleopatra wrote it herself. There are so many incredible sentences in this book I could write page after page of quotes. Some of my favorites: "Always carry a limited gold service with you, was my motto." and "When fate offers you no choice you must appear
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