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24) Cleopatra
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63 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm.
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English
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"Discover the world of Cleopatra through the diary of her handmaid Nefret"--Cover.
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3 audio discs (3 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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While her father is in hiding after attempts on his life, twelve-year-old Cleopatra records in her diary how she fears for her own safety and hopes to survive to become Queen of Egypt some day.
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Chava, daughter of the royal tutor, grows up with Urbi, a princess in Alexandria's royal palace. When Urbi becomes Queen Cleopatra, Chava finds herself imprisoned and sold into slavery. Cast off and alone in Rome, Chava must choose between love and honor, between her own desires and God's will for her life.
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454 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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English
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Fletcher draws on a wealth of overlooked detail and the latest research to reveal Cleopatra as she truly was, from her first meeting with Julius Caesar to her legendary death by snakebite. Bringing the ancient world to life, Cleopatra the Great is full of tantalizing details about the Pharaoh's infamous banquets, her massive library, her goddess outfits, beauty regimes and hairstyles.
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196 pages : map, genealogical table ; 23 cm.
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English
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The siren passionately in love with Mark Antony, the seductress who allegedly rolled out of a carpet she had herself smuggled in to see Caesar, Cleopatra is a figure shrouded in myth. Beyond the legends immortalized by Plutarch, Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, and others, there are no journals or letters written by Cleopatra herself. All we have to tell her story are words written by others. What has it meant for our understanding of Cleopatra to...
30) Cleopatra
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32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 27 cm.
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English
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Presents an account of Cleopatra's life, from birth to death, and explores her impact on history and the world.
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xii, 426 pages : maps ; 24 cm
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English
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"One of Italy's most revered cultural figures reconstructs the extraordinary life of the legendary Cleopatra at the height of her power in this epic story of passion, intrigue, betrayal, and war. Our world today would not be the same without Cleopatra. While she is one of the most famous figures in history, the legendary Egyptian queen remains, in many ways, an enigma. In this mesmerizing history, Alberto Angela offers a fresh and dynamic portrait...
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473 pages ; 24 cm
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Español
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Gracias a los poderes del elixir de la vida, Ramsés el Grande despierta en la Inglaterra eduardiana. Convertido en inmortal, el antiguo faraón de Egipto está a punto de casarse cuando se ve envuelto en una feroz batalla contra la otrora gran reina Cleopatra. El propio Ramsés es quien la ha resucitado, utilizando el mismo peligroso elixir sobrenatural que devuelve la vida a los muertos. Sin embargo, mientras Ramsés y Cleopatra rivalizan por comprender...
33) Cleopatra
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2 videodiscs (248 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of this epic-spectacle; its opulence and sweeping grandeur have never been more glorious. Elizabeth Taylor stars as Cleopatra, the glamorous and cunning queen of Egypt. To secure her hold on power, she seduces the rulers of Rome, only to meet her match in Marc Antony, played by Richard Burton. Their passionate romance could decide the fate of the world's greatest empires.
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382 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"Alexandria has fallen, and with it the great kingdom of Egypt. Cleopatra is dead. Her children are paraded through the streets in chains wrought of their mother's golden treasures, and within a year all but one of them will be dead. Only her young daughter, Cleopatra Selene, survives to continue her quest for vengeance against Rome and its emperor, Augustus Caesar. To show his strength, Augustus Caesar will go to war against the Cantabrians in northern...
35) Theft of an idol
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Eye of Isis mystery volume 3
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xiv, 333 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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English
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"When Cleopatra's most beloved actress disappears, her new Eye of Isis must solve a case that will lead to the darkest corners of Alexandria"--
Cleopatra -- seventh of her name, avatar of the goddess Isis, ruler of the Kingdom of Egypt -- is surrounded by riches untold. It is a comfortable life. But not all are invited to share in the wealth of Alexandria, Egypt's first city. For the peasants and farmers, their lives lie in the hands of the gods...
36) Cleopatra's heir
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Caesar and Cleopatra--together they could have forged an empire the likes of which had never been seen before. Tragically, it was not meant to be ... but what of the son that came of their passion? Bradshaw gives readers an answer in "Cleopatra's Heir." The power and might of Rome in all her glory meets the splendor of ancient Egypt with the story of Caesarion, the son of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.
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964 pages : map ; 25 cm
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English
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A famous femme fatale tells all in this memoir of her reign as Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt. Yes, it is true, she did have herself smuggled, wrapped in a rug to Julius Caesar's bedroom, and was pleasantly surprised. As for Marc Antony, a gorgeous man. From her earliest memories, to her final days as she prepares to commit suicide by snake bite. By the author of The Autobiography of Henry VIII.
39) Cleopatra's moon
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English
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Cleopatra Selene, the only surviving daughter of Cleopatra and Marc Antony, recalls her life of pomp and splendor in Egypt and, after her parents' deaths, capitivity and treachery in Rome.
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3 audio discs (203 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"Mark Antony, one of the three rulers of the Roman World, has beome the thrall of the fascinating Cleopatra. Affairs of state call him to Rome, but the attractions of the Queen of Egypt prove impossible to resist"--Container.
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