Here she is an indifferent ruler, a bit loose with her virtue (rolling out of a rug for a roll in the hay with J.C. But if this is truly what Cleopatra was about, then we've been fooled all of this time.
If you are interested in a good read about Egypt, Rome, the mighty Nile River, Caesar, Antony, Octavian, Marcus Agrippa, Fulvia, Cornelia, and the Kandake of Meroe, to name a very few, in addition to the battles and technology of the time, this is the book for you. I thought it to be such a definitive account of that time in history that I invested in a hard copy version to fully appreciate the names and places put forth here.
George does give the reader fabulous in-depth descriptions of the characters and locations. She dated married men, left her children while she went "on the road" behind Julius Caesar and Marc Antony like a "band wife", leaving Egypt to be run by employees and eunuchs. video vixen", dating only "Roman rock stars", becoming the "first #1 baby-mama" with several "baby daddies" who gave her "booty calls" but no wedding rings. Yet here we are led to believe that she was the equivalent of a "B.C. Cleopatra was supposed to be hightly intelligent, speaking 12 languages, and one of the great female rulers.
However, it came off too much like a Danielle Steele romance novel. Margaret George did a masterful job of research and storytelling, giving the reader a front row seat into history.
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