The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George

Now I ain't saying she was a gold digger, but. Marge, you turned Cleo into margarine! Fabio should have graced the cover as Marc Antony.

But it left me very, very disappointed in Cleopatra as a woman and a queen. I was very impressed with Margaret George's dedication to this subject and I loved the book. on their first meeting is rather trifling), and a very negligent mother - putting the men in her life before the welfare of her children and her people. Here she is an indifferent ruler, a bit loose with her virtue (rolling out of a rug for a roll in the hay with J.C. But if this is truly what Cleopatra was about, then we've been fooled all of this time. If you are interested in a good read about Egypt, Rome, the mighty Nile River, Caesar, Antony, Octavian, Marcus Agrippa, Fulvia, Cornelia, and the Kandake of Meroe, to name a very few, in addition to the battles and technology of the time, this is the book for you. I thought it to be such a definitive account of that time in history that I invested in a hard copy version to fully appreciate the names and places put forth here. George does give the reader fabulous in-depth descriptions of the characters and locations. She dated married men, left her children while she went 'on the road' behind Julius Caesar and Marc Antony like a 'band wife', leaving Egypt to be run by employees and eunuchs.

video vixen', dating only 'Roman rock stars', becoming the 'first #1 baby-mama' with several 'baby daddies' who gave her 'booty calls' but no wedding rings. Yet here we are led to believe that she was the equivalent of a 'B.C. Cleopatra was supposed to be hightly intelligent, speaking 12 languages, and one of the great female rulers. 1943) USA THE MEMOIRS OF CLEOPATRA (1997) Margaret George is an American novelist, born in Nashville, Tennessee, who has made her name writing massive. However, it came off too much like a Danielle Steele romance novel. Margaret George did a masterful job of research and storytelling, giving the reader a front row seat into history.

The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George