Sterling Biographies(r): Sterling Biographies(r) Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen (Paperback)

At once daring, clever, smart, rich, determined, and rash, Cleopatra is one of history's most fascinating figures. Here, children will find out all about:

- The Ptolemy Dynasty into which she was born, its traditions and infighting

- The role of women in ancient Egypt

- How she ascended to, and maintained her place on, the throne

- Her relationships with both Caesar and Mark Antony and the political repercussions of these affairs within the Roman Empire and Egypt

- Her death in Alexandria

- And much more, all beautifully illustrated