Antony and Cleopatra

A Novel

Hardcover, 567 pages

English language

Published Dec. 4, 2007 by Simon & Schuster.

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978-1-4165-5294-9
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Passion, politics, love and death combine in a novel of the legendary love triangle between the three leaders of the Roman era: Cleopatra, Mark Antony and Octavian, from the bestselling author of The Thorn BirdsMark Antony, famous warrior and legendary lover, expected that he would be Julius Caesar's successor. But after Caesar's murder it was his 18-year old nephew, Octavian, who was named in the will. No-one, least of all Antony, expected him to last but his youth and slight frame concealed a remarkable determination and a clear strategic sense. Antony was the leader of the fabulously rich East. Barely into his campaigning, he met Cleopatra, Pharaoh of Egypt. Bereft by the loss of Julius Caesar, her lover, father of her only son, she saw Antony as another Roman who could support her and provide more heirs. His fascination for her, his sense that she knew the way forward where …

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  • Antonius, Marcus, -- 83?-30 B.C. -- Fiction
  • Cleopatra, -- Queen of Egypt, -- d. 30 B.C. -- Fiction
  • Egypt -- History -- Fiction
  • Romans -- Egypt -- Fiction
  • Rome -- History -- Civil War, 49-45 B.C. -- Fiction