Interesting look at Cleopatra and the power she wielded over the Roman leaders until she encountered Octavian (later renamed Augustus Caesar). The first two chapters could have been less boring, but after the background information about Cleopatra's ancestry, the book came alive and was hard to put...
Finished! It didn't take as long as I expected it to. I don't really know what to say about it. I don't think I'll listen to any more non-fiction audiobooks, they just don't work for me for some reason. Cleopatra I learned some things, like that Marc Anthony and Cleopatra had 3 children. I thought t...
Today I finished Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff. Schiff takes the reader inside the life of one the most fascinating women in ancient history. Going from her birth to the height of her power to her downfall and eventual death in 30 BCE, Schiff proved a look into a women who for the most part to the recor...
This is definitely not what I had hoped, this look into the life of the most well-known Egyptian queen in history. I did appreciate the historical context it gave me as I was simultaneously reading Nefertiti by Michelle Moran, but it did not make me feel as if I had learned about the fabled Cleopatr...
I consider myself an aficionado of Cleopatra and I devour all things regarding her and her life. I did not think it was possible to take the incredible story that is Cleopatra's life and make it dull. I was wrong. Schiff seemed to make it a point to make the story as boring and unemotional as possib...
An interesting read, but I also was left feeling that the story had big chunks of it carved out. Too, the writing is rather dry and sterile at times. While I did like parts of it, there wasn't quite enough there to lure me back for a re-read or to have it land on my keeper shelves. Three and a half ...
hey....if John Stewart liked it, it's worth a try.And so I gave it a go. And I got all the way through, which was tough to do at some points in the book.Cleopatra was clearly brilliant, an amazing and accomplished leader. She came back from the brink over and over again, surprisingly so. She spoke ...
This book will make you remember why you love history. Schiff adds enough interesting tidbits to make the story more interesting, but she keeps to the timeline as well so that by the end you feel like a Ptolemy expert. A fascinating and well-paced read; it won't take you too long but will keep you i...
Yes, I spent Christmas immersed in the claustrophobic world of the Salem witch trials. As one does. And now I want to have marvelous powers and live in New England and cast small, stupid spells on my neighbors.Library copy
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