Cleopatra’s Children (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Alice Curtis Desmond
- First Published: 1971
- Time of Work: 48 to 68
- Setting: The Roman Empire
- Principal Characters: Cleopatra Selene, Ptolemy XV Caesarion, Ptolemy Philadelphus, Alexander Helios, Cleopatra VII, Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, Octavian, Octavia, Juba II of Mauretania
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Mothers, Parents and children, Politics, Suicide, Kings, queens, or royalty, Rulers, Egypt or Egyptians, Greek or Roman times, Biography, Rome
- Locales: Roman Empire
Form and Content
Against the backdrop of the birth of the Roman Empire from the old republic, Alice Curtis Desmond’s Cleopatra’s Children tells the story of a highborn young woman, the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. She bequeaths to her four children by two Roman fathers a fierce struggle for survival in an inhospitable world of deadly battles, intricate palace intrigues, and bloody arena sports.
To highlight this powerful connection between Cleopatra’s family and Rome’s leading men and women, Desmond opens and closes Cleopatra’s Children with the...
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