Cleopatra (Ancient World Leaders) (Library Binding)

~ (Author), Sommer Browning (Author), Arthur Meier Schlesinger (Introduction)

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Grade 6–8—Each title seemingly covers the most important aspects of each leader's life and tries to separate fact from fiction. However, more coverage is given to history than to the featured person. The writing is often stilted and can be confusing as many historical figures are introduced. Full-color maps, photographs, and illustrations give readers a visual understanding of the regions, architecture, and art associated with the individuals. Overall, the books are best suited for readers interested in general information about these periods than for reports.—Karen Scott, Valley Intermediate School, Pelham, AL
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Product Description

For more than 2,000 years, plays, poetry, movies, and television have portrayed Cleopatra as an ambitious woman who used her beauty to seduce powerful men like Julius Caesar and Mark Antony in a ruthless attempt to increase her own power and wealth. But is this the real Cleopatra or one invented by male historians anxious to discredit an intelligent, competent woman who was the last great pharaoh of Egypt? In "Cleopatra", the true story reveals her to be a woman who used her great intelligence, imagination, personality, and indomitable drive in a tragic attempt to restore Egypt to the greatness it had known under the great pharaohs of old.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Library Binding: 108 pages
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications; 1 edition (May 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791095827
• ISBN-13: 978-0791095829
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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