{"product_id":"cleopatra-9781842120316","title":"Cleopatra","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe distinguished historian and classicist Michael Grant confirms that her reputation as a temptress was well-founded. However, by unravelling the sources behind the tangle of myth, gossip and invention he shows that the popular image of a wayward woman opting for a life of sensuous luxury and neglecting her affairs of state is far from the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA brilliant linguist and the first of her Greek-speaking dynasty who learned Egyptian, she was reputed to be the author of treatises on agriculture, make-up and alchemy. Her love affairs were carefully calculated to further her plans to restore her empire to its former greatness and she was a ruthless foe to all who stood in her way.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut dead on her golden couch in the palace at Alexandria her life seemed to have ended in failure; her dreams of empire shattered; her lover Mark Antony a suicide himself and she a prisoner of her conqueror Octavian.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary queen and her stormy life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"More Than Words ","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":53088395657376,"sku":"9781842120316-used-good","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0463\/0115\/1392\/files\/51MFB7QZ8PL.jpg?v=1765014697","url":"https:\/\/shop.mtwyouth.org\/products\/cleopatra-9781842120316","provider":"More Than Words ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}