Cleopatra is often portrayed as a woman ruled by emotion rather than reason; a queen hurtling towards inevitable self-destruction. But these tales of seduction, intrigue, and suicide by asp have obfuscated Cleopatra's true political genius. Stripping away our preconceptions, many of them as old as Egypt's Roman conquerors, Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley offers a magnificent biography of a most extraordinary queen.--From publisher description.
Provides biographical portraits of ten queens from history including Esther, Cleopatra, Boudicca, Zenobia, Eleanor of Acquitaine, Isabel of Spain, Elizabeth I, Christina of Sweden, Maria Theresa, and Catherine the Great.
Examines the lives of England's Henry VIII and his six wives, presenting a portrait of the world in which they lived and exploring Henry's motivations.
Describes the upbringing of Anne Boleyn, second queen of England's Henry VIII, and the social and religious contexts of her life, discussing sixteenth-century beliefs about sodomy, incest, fetal deformities, and witchcraft in a search for the true reasons she was executed.
Examines the life and reign of the woman who ruled Egypt from 51 B.C. to 30 B.C. and discusses her relationships with two powerful Roman leaders, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
The Queen's Quarter Knot, destroyed two hundred years earlier by the Fire Queen, is pulled tight once again with the arrival of the queens of air, Earth, and water who restore freedom to Oran.
The Fire Queen's grip on Oran, which she has held since destroying her rival queens of air, water, and Earth, begins to loosen with the re-emergence of magic in the forests and fields far from her control.
