"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I can honestly say that I wasn't expecting much from this book because I have read other books by Michelle Moran and haven't been the big...
A slight whiff of YA - probably because the narrator, Cleopatra's daughter Selene - is an adolescent - but an enjoyable read. Good historical accuracy, from what I could see. Octavian/Augustus is the cool political operator, Livia a stone-cold bitch, Julia a flighty but beautiful teenager, Marcel...
A wonderful piece of historical fiction -- 95% of the characters existed and their roles in the story are chronicled in history! Starts with bloodshed and has incidents involving bloodshed throughout -- after all this was ancient Rome, where the struggle to attain and then to keep power was as trans...
Michelle Moran can seem to do no wrong. I knew this was going to be an interesting book, but I had no idea I'd be reading about the teenaged Kleopatra Selene throughout the book. For some reason, I thought I would get a larger span of history, but instead Michelle Moran packs a lot of solid inform...
My biggest regret with Cleopatra's Daughter is that I waited so long to read it! I purchased this book back when it was popular among the book blogs and I even won a signed bookplate for it, so I can't begin to tell you why I didn't read it then. It simply got lost on my TBR bookshelf for a couple o...
2.5 starsSome spoilers ahead, for those who know the history it might not be!This is my third Moran book, I started reading it knowing that I will find myself transported to a different era were everything is vividly described, and the historical facts are full of inaccuracies! I didn't mind, when ...
Historical fiction books are pretty hit or miss for me. Obviously, quite a bit of my enjoyment depends on how interested I am in the time period. Over the last year, I have taken a couple classes within the Classics department at my college. I really enjoyed them and kicked myself a bit for waiting ...
This book was OK. It lacked much depth and I was disappointed to find that it only covered a few years of the life of Cleopatra Selene (daughter of Mark Antony and Cleopatra). The book covers the time from when Octavius defeats Mark Antony and Cleopatra, and they kill themselves to when she is mar...
After the victory of Octavian/Augustus and the defeat of her parents Antony and Queen Cleopatra, Selene and her twin brother Alexander are taken to live in Rome. Although things seem welcoming at first Selene must struggle to make herself useful to Augustus and avoid being seen as expendable.Score:...
This book was fascinating. The book, while a work of fiction, is based on real people in history. While I was somewhat familiar with the actual historical figures, my knowledge is limited to college courses. The book is a semi-fictional account of Cleopatra's children with Marc Antony- twins Alexand...
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