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Cleopatra a life [LP]

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Though her life spanned fewer than 40 years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world.

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Main Author:	Schiff, Stacy
Format:	Books Print Book Large Print
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Cleopatra, > Queen of Egypt, > -30 B.C. Queens > Egypt > Biography. Egypt > Kings and rulers > Biography. Egypt > History > 332-30 B.C. Large print books.
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Summary:	The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Though her life spanned fewer than 40 years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world.
Physical Description:	viii, 619 p. (large print), [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 523-615).
ISBN:	9780316120449 0316120448
Author Notes:	Stacy Schiff was born on October 26, 1961 in Adams, Massachusetts. She received a B.A. degree from Williams College in 1982. She was a Senior Editor at Simon and Schuster until 1990. She is the author of several nonfiction books including Saint-Exupéry: A Biography about Antoine de Saint Exupéry, Cleopatra: A Life, and The Witches: Salem 1692. She won the Pulitzer Prize for biography for Véra: Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov in 2000. (Bowker Author Biography)