Life of Cleopatra
Posted by siewfun | Posted in Review | Posted on 07-01-2011
Tags: cleopatra, stacy schiff
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You would be wrong to think that you’ve read everything that need to be read about the last queen of Egypt. You would be wrong to think that everything that needs to be said has been said.
This new biography is nothing short of a masterpiece, Stacy Schiff sorts through myth and misapprehension, through hoary legend and popular misconception, she weeds out the fiction, she writes against the grain. The end result is an entirely new take on the most misunderstood woman in history.
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