Cleopatra's Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen

by Jane Draycott

Book Overview

As the only daughter of Roman Triumvir Marc Antony and Egyptian Queen Cleopatra VII, Cleopatra Selene was expected to uphold traditional feminine virtues; to marry well and bear sons; and to legitimize and strengthen her parents' rule. Yet with their parents' deaths by suicide, the princess and her brothers found themselves the inheritors of Egypt, a claim that placed them squarely in the warpath of the Roman emperor.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324092599
• ISBN13: 9781324092599
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"