Cleopatra - Queen, Lover, Legend

Informationen zum Autor Lucy Hughes-Hallett is a cultural historian and critic. She is the author of Cleopatra, Queen, Lover, Legend and of Heroes: Saviours, Traitors and Supermen . She reviews regularly for the Sunday Times Books Section. Klappentext 'This is a gripping book... A fascinating account of the way in which succeeding generations have seen Cleopatra; as virtuous suicide, inefficient housewife, exuberant lover, professional courtesan, scheming manipulator, femme fatale, incarnation of Isis and bimbo' - Economist Zusammenfassung 'This is a gripping book... A fascinating account of the way in which succeeding generations have seen Cleopatra; as virtuous suicide, inefficient housewife, exuberant lover, professional courtesan, scheming manipulator, femme fatale, incarnation of Isis and bimbo' - Economist

Product details

• Authors: Lucy Hughes-Hallett
• Publisher: Pimlico
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.08.2006
• EAN: 9781844139378
• ISBN: 978-1-84413-937-8
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: historical, political and military