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  <title><![CDATA[Cleopatra's Heir]]></title>
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  <default_description>Rome in all her glory meets the splendor of ancient Egypt Caesarion was seen by some as the hope of Rome, by others as the folly of Julius Caesar's lust for the foreigner, Cleopatra. What might history have been like had Caesarion survived assassination and gone underground to hide his identity? Penniless and suffering from epileptic seiz-ures, Caesarion changes his name. Be-friended by an Egyptian farmer, Caesarion helps the farmer and his family break into the Greek-dominated Red Sea trade. As Cae-sarion gets to know this lower-class family he originally sneered at, he loses his veneer of noble snobbery and realizes that his secret identity is put-ting the people he's come to love in danger.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2002</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Gillian Bradshaw]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It might have been easy, when faced with a time in history that has inspired as many different theories and books and movies as the end of the Roman Republic, to just coast and fall back on the old tired cliches. But Gillian Bradshaw does not fall into that trap, and instead somehow manages to breat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45447973">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003</read_at>
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  <read_count>Twice</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I read this book for the second time recently, recollecting my joy in Gillian Bradshaw's style, and her choices of subject matter, but not the specifics of what I liked and disliked. In truth, were were about equal portions of each.<br/><br/>The premise of the book is that Caesarion, the (alleged)...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/33120782">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I LOVED this book! Bradshaw has a unique talent for bringing history alive and this book is no exception. Caesarion, the son of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar is a character that history has largely ignored despite his famous parents. In this novel, Bradshaw hypothesizes about Caesarion's life if he ha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43283291">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is so fantastic.  Bradshaw imagines Cleopatra &amp; Caesar's son, Caesarion, as an epileptic (as was Caesar).  When her rule ends, he tries to escape Egypt with some of her assets, only to be hunted down by Roman soldiers.  Such a fascinating time and set of characters.  Learning history (she ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40575595">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[In the end I liked this quite a bit. I generally don't like it when books dwell on dreary unlikable characters, and this one suffered from that a bit early on, but did get better by the end :). Enjoyable pageturner.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thoroughly enjoyed this historical fiction about Cleopatra's son Ceasarion. The fact that the plot was a little predictable was not a problem for me because of the interesting setting, engaging characters, and touching story. I would definitely recommend this.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting historial  novel that does the what if for the son of Cleopatra and Julius Cesar. A good light but satisfying read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm really enjoying Bradshaw's work (classical historical fiction, that's perfect for me!!)  This one was clean of strong language--a BIG plus.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Figure out if this should be in YA or A.]]></body>
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