The Egyptian queen has fascinated me from childhood, but following the archives led only to ancient gossip and Roman propaganda. Fiction was the way to liberate her from misogynist myth ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. I must confess. Until I read The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra’s Needle, ...

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She was a child of incest, a born goddess, a queen by 18 -- and possibly the richest magnate in the Mediterranean before she turned 20. By 21, she was cavorting in bed with the most powerful emperor ...