By concentrating on the geo-historical politics of the dominant Romans of their time, Caesar, Antony and Octavian (Augustus), the author puts this celebrated queen into deserved perspective as a serious and visionary ruler. Unravelling the sources behind the tangle of myth, gossip and invention, Grant reveals a learned and ruthless woman, whose ambition was to restore her empire to its former greatness, and shows how great issues of history are so often decided by the flukes of life.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 70 Autumn 2013 ) |
