Books
by Jane Draycott
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Cleopatra's Daughter |
A fascinating biography of the daughter Cleopatra bore to Marc Anthony - one of twins - who - after the suicide of her parents - was taken to Rome as a hostage where she was raised in the family of Octavia, the sister of Augustus. Although her brother Alexander Helios and half-brother Caesarion were executed as threats to the State, she was spared and later married Prince Juba II of Numidia. Together they ruled many years over the Roman province of Mauretania . . . an unexpectedly bright detail among all history's blacker moments.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 114 Autumn 2024) |
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