Cleopatra: The Story of the Beautiful Egyptian Queen

Description

Cleopatra is an iconic figure and one of the most powerful women in history. The last pharaoh of Egypt, and often depicted as a great beauty, she was renowned for her liaisons with the world's most powerful men, including Gaius Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. This fictional retelling of her life is a dramatic and thrilling story. Lives in Action is a series of narrative biographies that recount the lives of some of the key figures in history. Page-turning, thrilling plots that read like fiction will keep the most reluctant reader hooked.

Valerie Wilding is an established writer of historical fiction and non fiction. She is a regular contributor to Scholastic's My Story series (Highway Girl, Road to War, Bloody Tower, To Kill a Queen) and Boudicca and her Barmy Army was published in their Dead Famous series. Her own series, The Princess Files, about real princesses, was published by OUP.

'a dramatic, thrilling story that I was eager to finish...With a style reminiscent of Philippa Gregory, this book makes the perfect introduction to the 'faction' genre. It would make an excellent choice for group or guided reading while studying ancient Egypt.' * School Librarian Journal, vol. 59 no. 2 (Summer 2011) *