Cleopatra (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Margaret Carver Leighton
- First Published: 1969
- Time of Work: 58–30
- Setting: Alexandria, Egypt; Rome; Petra, Jordan; and Tarsus, Turkey
- Principal Characters: Cleopatra VII, Ptolemy XII, Ptolemy XIII, Ptolemy XIV, Julius Caesar, Caesarion, Marc Antony
- Genres: Nonfiction, Children’s literature, Biography
- Subjects: Politics, Suicide, Kings, queens, or royalty, Rulers, Egypt or Egyptians, Greek or Roman times, Biography
- Locales: Egypt, ancient, Rome, ancient, Alexandria, Egypt, Petra, Jordan, Tarsus, Turkey
Form and Content
Margaret Carver Leighton’s Cleopatra: Sister of the Moon describes the glories and intrigues that make up the history of Egypt and Rome in the last half of the first century b.c. The book focuses on Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt. Cleopatra was descended from Ptolemy, the lieutenant of Alexander the Great who seized control of Egypt after his general’s death in 323 b.c. From their capital of Alexandria at the mouth of the Nile, Ptolemy’s Greek-speaking descendants ruled Egypt for almost three hundred years. After the death of Cleopatra, their...
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