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Imagine seeing your mother die of a venomous a self-inflicted snake bite, and then being taken by ship to a strange land. Cleopatra Selene, along with her brother, is paraded through the streets of Rome as a trophy of war, and then given to her father's former wife. Octavia must have had an undying love for Antony to have so graciously taken the Egyptian conquests in as her own.
Selene is described as an intelligent, reflective child and her beauty is envied by her adoptive sister Julia. I like ...more
Selene is described as an intelligent, reflective child and her beauty is envied by her adoptive sister Julia. I like ...more
This is the story of Cleopatra's twins, Alexander and Selena. The story takes place at Cleopatra's suicide and the twins' capture by Octavius. They are taken to Rome, where they are raised by Caesar's sister Octavia. The story is told by Selena and the most interesting part of the story was the descriptions of life and times in ancient Rome. The storyline was slightly juvenile, but I learned quite a bit about a time that was unfamiliar to me. I think the best part of the book was finding out at
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I really enjoyed this one. It gave me a lot of different emotions from anger to disgust. The ending really did suprise me and made me happy for Cleopatra's Daughter in the end. A great book if you like historical history.
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Oct 30, 2011
Mitzi
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Dec 05, 2011
Kendra
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Dec 10, 2011
Sharon
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