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Cleopatra: A Life
by Stacy Schiff (Goodreads Author)
by Stacy Schiff (Goodreads Author)
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bookshelves: audio, biography, africa, history, non-fiction, paper-copy
Feb 11, 11
bookshelves: audio, biography, africa, history, non-fiction, paper-copy
Read from January 04 to 15, 2011 — I own a copy
It’s a very interesting book. I would say that Schiff's approach to Cleopatra was not only feminist, but also, and possibly foremost, critical. She did not take historians' accounts on their face value; she vigilantly evaluated everything they said, and provided her own commentary. Her images of Cleopatra, Cesar and Mark Anthony are fascinating, and the portrayal of Egyptian, Roman and Middle Eastern society quite eye opening.
4.5/5
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Feb 14, 2011 12:34pm
That's just what I enjoyed so much myself. And she's wry and funny and entertaining while being dispassionate and and evenhanded. It was so much fun.
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