Adventures in Time: Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile
Verlag | Penguin Books UK |
Alter | ab 12 Jahre |
Auflage | 2023 |
Seiten | 336 |
Format | 12,9 x 19,8 x 1,9 cm |
B-format paperback | |
Gewicht | 252 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | Adventures in Time |
EAN | 9780141999197 |
Bestell-Nr | 14199919EA |
Take a journey to a vanished world with the ADVENTURES IN TIME series - stories so exciting you won't believe they're all true
Born into the richest dynasty in the world, young Cleopatra has always dreamed of glory and empire. And when she defeats her brother and sister to become Pharaoh of Egypt, she is certain the gods have chosen her for greatness. But then Julius Caesar's war-fleet sails into her harbour -- and suddenly her country's destiny hangs by a thread ...
Join Dominic Sandbrook as we follow the most famous queen of all from Alexandria to Rome, through doomed love affairs and epic battles, to the serpent's bite which will change the course of history.
Rezension:
Fiction is seldom as thrilling as the real life adventures played out in Dominic Sandbrook's superb Adventures in Time stories ... In Cleopatra, we follow Egypt's most famous queen through a roller coaster of military battles and doomed love affairs. The Oldie