Cleopatra

Name: Cleopatra
Rating: 2.5 (5 reviews)

by Georg Ebers Book 3 in the Ptolemaic and Hellenistic Egypt series.

First published 1894

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Alexandria stands on the edge of defeat after Actium as Cleopatra and Mark Antony struggle to preserve their rule against Octavian. Around the royal crisis, Ebers follows private lives caught in the same atmosphere of uncertainty, where love, patronage and personal allegiance can become matters of political consequence.

The novel recreates the final phase of Ptolemaic Egypt as Roman power closes around the queen’s court. Palace intrigue, military collapse and the splendour of Alexandria are set against the knowledge that an entire dynasty is approaching its end.