Antony and Cleopatra
Book description
A masterfully told-and deeply human-story of love, politics, and ambition, Adrian Goldsworthy's Antony and Cleopatra delivers a compelling reassessment of a major episode in ancient history.
In this remarkable dual biography of the two great lovers of the ancient world, Goldsworthy goes beyond myth and romance to create a nuanced…
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1 author picked Antony and Cleopatra as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The love story of Antony and Cleopatra was immortalised by Shakespeare and by Hollywood.
But there is far more to both of them than simply being each others lovers.
Antony rose from relatively humble beginnings to become, for a while, sole ruler of the Roman Empire. Cleopatra came from a childhood in exile to be queen of the richest country in the world. Between them they demonstrated military capability, shrewd political judgment, and a love for everything that makes life worth living.
Goldsworthy is an academic historian and a novelist, and though this double biography is detailed, it is never…
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