Cleopatra Rules!, Vicky Alvear Shecter
Cleopatra Rules!, Vicky Alvear Shecter
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Cleopatra Rules!
The Amazing Life of the Original Teen Queen

Author: Vicky Alvear Shecter

Narrator: Cherise Boothe

Unabridged: 2 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/08/2013

Synopsis

Good. Evil. Dangerous. Glamorous. Will the real Cleopatra please stand up? Almost everything we know about the last queen of Egypt came from her enemies the Romans. Now it's time to meet the ''real'' Cleopatra, a ruler more complex, brilliant, and powerful than we ever knew. Cleopatra didn't just rock the boat when she became queen at seventeen. She rocked the world with brilliant alliances that kept her in power and in control. When Mark Antony tried to put Egypt under his thumb, she negotiated for - and won - more territory than any Egyptian ruler had snagged in generations. Cleopatra didn't just play by the rules. She made them up as she went along. She bowed to no one, including Octavian the future Caesar Augustus who never missed an opportunity to pump out anti-Cleopatra propaganda. The queen of Egypt has fascinated the world for thousands of years. It's time to find out why. So, on your knees, commoner! The world's most brilliant and outrageous queen - Cleopatra VII, the last Pharaoh of Egypt - is about to make her entrance. Includes maps, endnotes, timeline, glossary, sources, and index.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa on April 30, 2012

Lisa Campbell Biography This book follows the rise and fall of the greatest queen of antiquity. From her fight for the throne against her bloodthirsty siblings to her alliances with Rome, Cleopatra only wanted one thing—stability and independence for her country. She was a brilliant and enigmatic lead......more

Goodreads review by Angelc on October 09, 2010

4.5 Stars This was such a beautiful book! I was really impressed. The layout and photos of this non-fiction book for young readers were very nicely put together. The cover is absolutely stunning and the image is on the book too, not just the dust jacket. I have always admired Cleopatra and I knew some......more

Goodreads review by Uma on April 01, 2019

This book was really good! I loved how easy it was to read and understand. One thing that was kinda ironic about the book is that it's called the amazing life of the original TEEN QUEEN. and throughout the book, the author makes metaphors out of things that teenagers like/do these days. like texting......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on May 29, 2016

3.5 Matt loves to tease me about my reading level when I bring home books like this from the library. Totally worth the abuse ;) It was full of truly horrid metaphors --- "by the time Cleopatra came along, Egypt was sliding down the tubes faster than a greased-up preschooler on a Slip 'n Slide" but......more

Goodreads review by Edward on April 23, 2017

See my review in Kirkus.......more

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