Cleopatra
Saara El-Arifi
YOU KNOW MY NAME. BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME. Your historians call me seductress, but I was always in love's thrall. Your playwrights speak on my witchcraft, but I was gifted by the gods. Your poets sing of my blood-lust, but I was protecting my children. They cannot credit that a mere woman could be powerful, strategic, divinely blessed to rule. Death will silence me no longer. This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived. From one of the most remarkable and acclaimed storytellers of her generation, the #1 bestselling author of FAEBOUND and THE FINAL STRIFE, this epic and groundbreaking new novel shows us Cleopatra on her own terms. A magical, groundbreaking reimagining of an iconic queen, from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author 'An extraordinary achievement’ SAMANTHA SHANNON 'Lush world-building and lyrical prose burns brightly on every page' JENNIFER SAINT 'Sensational: Cleopatra as she is meant to be told' HANNAH KANER YOU KNOW MY NAME. BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME. Your historians call me seductress, but I was ever in love's thrall. Your playwrights speak of witchcraft, but my talents came from the gods themselves. Your poets sing of my bloodlust, but I was always protecting my children. How wilfully they refuse to concede that a woman could be powerful, strategic, divinely blessed to rule. Death will silence me no longer. This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived. From one of the most remarkable and acclaimed storytellers of her generation, the #1 bestselling author of FAEBOUND and THE FINAL STRIFE, this epic and groundbreaking new novel shows us Cleopatra on her own terms.
Artikelnummer: 9780008697211
