Cleopatra

Contrary to popular belief, she was never a beauty—she was short, had a hooked nose, a protruding chin, uneven teeth. Yet men around her lost their heads and were ready to give their lives for one night with Cleopatra. Legends were told about her skills in love. No one could resist the magic of her voice and gaze, her sharp mind, and her incredible feminine strength. Three greatest geniuses of the era were hopelessly in love with her—Gaius Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, and Octavian Augustus.

In Egypt, she was revered as the living embodiment of the mother goddess Isis, while in Rome they branded her as “a wanton on the throne.” Cleopatra’s feasts outshone those of Lucullus; the luxury of her court was beyond even Roman nobility’s dreams. And yet the last queen of Egypt freely mastered nine languages, wrote mathematical treatises, and was a brilliant economist and wise ruler...

A new novel from the bestselling author of “Princess Olga”! A thrilling tale of love secrets, passions, and the tragic fate of the greatest woman of the Ancient World—who was too big even for a man’s era, who found the royal throne too small, and who ran centuries ahead of her time, forever etching her name into history.