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Cleopatra
by Bradford, Ernle
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 014139014X
- ISBN 13
- 9780141390147
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London: Penguin, 2000) 014139014X. 246 x 189 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. 279, incl. index; monochrome illustrations in text; maps. Wrappers a touch rubbed. Very good condition. "The 'Queen of the Nile' was only seventeen when she ascended the throne of Egypt in 51 BC. This ambitious young woman - married to her younger brother and co-ruler Ptolemy XIII - watched the savage struggle between Caesar and Pompey, hoping that Rome would destroy itself in the process. This astute politician devoted her life to trying to save the Kingdom of Egypt from domination by the Romans. That she became the lover of both Caesar and Mark Antony was perhaps prompted by political considerations rather than passion. Ernle Bradford is the author of Mediterranean, Ulysses Found and The Great Siege. His special knowledge of the Mediterranean world and his exceptional powers of description and historical reconstruction bring to life this illustrated biography of one of the world's legendary women." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10888
- Title
- Cleopatra
- Author
- Bradford, Ernle
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 014139014X
- ISBN 13
- 9780141390147
- Publisher
- (London: Penguin, 2000) 014139014X
- Place of Publication
- E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 2001-07-01
- Keywords
- Egyptian history. Roman Empire History
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...