Schiff, Stacy. <br/><br/>
Cleopatra :  a life  / 
by Stacy Schiff. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Little, Brown and Co.,  c2010. 
 - viii, 368 p., [16] p. of col. plates :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-349) and index. 
<br/><br/>That Egyptian woman -- Dead men don't bite -- Cleopatra captures the old man by magic -- The golden age never was the present age -- Man is by nature a political creature -- We must often shift the sails when we wish to arrive in port -- An object of gossip for the whole world -- Illicit affairs and bastard children -- The wickedest woman in history. 
<br/><br/> The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life one of 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780316001922 0316001929 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010006988 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt,  -30 B.C. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Queens--Egypt--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Egypt--Kings and rulers--Biography.<br/>Egypt--History--332-30 B.C.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DT 92.7  / .S35 2010