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Summary: Fantastic! Marvelous! Stupendous! Excellent! Tremendous!
Review: All I can say is Margaret George has a wonderful flair for detail. She takes you back in time and lets you live everything with her. Some may say it was a long book and close to 1,000 pages it is long - but any shorter would have left out all the wonderful details that make the book what it is. The stage was set, everyone was in their place and Ms. George suddenly said ACTION! And there you are, part of Queen Cleopatra's court. This book made me feel as though I was in Cleopatra's world. She was an incredible woman, sometimes misunderstood, very passionate, loyal, caring, and at times vicious but for someone so young, she was intelligent beyond her years. This is the kind of political candidate we could use today and at least she admitted to her affairs, and what affairs they were! You'll fall in love with Caesar and Mark Antony as well, and wish you could have known them all. A great book, a great story and a great author! Bravo!!!
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Summary: One of the best books I have read this year
Review: I loved the book. I loved the details. I feilt that I was living in Alexandria and Rome 2000 years ago. Actually I would not have minded if it was even longer. Keep the good work Ms. George
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Summary: Rich, engrossing, very human historical novel
Review: Excellent characterizations and dialogue. Details of everyday life during this period are engrossing. Characters really come alive who put me to sleep during roman history in high school. Author has woven an historically accurate picture of her entire life. Excellent reading!!
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Summary: A trip into the past to a far away land. Don't miss it!
Review: While this book is large, the time you will spend away, in Egypt, will be all too short. Margaret George gives the reader the human side of her characters. The frailties and the strengths, all contrive to make the reader forge new literary friendships. Cleopatra and Mark Anthony become real. The subtleties of Roman politics intrude into the lives of two lovers, and their office, and the power they hold cannot save them!
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Summary: wonderful
Review: I THOUGHT THIS BOOK WAS WONDERFUL!!!!! I FELT LIKE I WAS CLEOPATRA, EVERYTHING SHE WAS FEELING AT EACH EVENT IN HER LIFE I WAS FEELING THE SAME WAY. IT MADE HER OUT TO BE THE TRUE WOMAN SHE REALLY MUST HAVE BEEN, INSTEAD OF THE POPULAR BELIEF THAT SHE WAS A HARD AND WICKED WOMAN.I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE WHO IS PASSIONATE ABOUT EGYPT!!
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Summary: One of the most intriguing books that I've read to date.
Review: I loved this book! I took it with me everywhere, it made me cry while standing in a fast food line. I applaud Margaret George for her ability to present Cleopatra as a real woman with common strengths and weaknesses. It has provoked an interest in the history of Roman and Egypt for me.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Margaret George is a wonderful researcher and there is no denying that, however, did she have to throw every single bit she dug up into the book?The story of the young Cleopatra was fascinating. I liked the little girl that Cleopatra was and how she had to grow up real quick. I couldn't stand the older Cleopatra. The the first few hundred pages were worth reading, but not the rest. I put this book down several times only returning because I hate leave books half read.
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Summary: A beautiful story about a fascinating woman
Review: I read this book in two days, becoming so swept up in the saga that I now believe I was actually there. It feels as though I was a close confidante of the queen. Margaret George has written about a queen with real strength, intelligence, beauty, and love. The old story of Cleopatra was that she was nothing more than an evil temptress who would commit murder to get her way. I hope this book becomes the story people think of when they hear the name Cleopatra. Thank you, Ms. George, for giving the world a work of art and for giving the Queen of the Nile a chance to tell her tale.
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Summary: The most fabulous book I've ever encountered!
Review: This is the best book I've read. I went to Asia and had to bring an extra suitcase just to take Cleopatra with me. The gripping descriptions of George made me feel like I was THERE with Cleopatra from age 4 until her death. I wept at the end (on a plane!); I couldn't believe she was dead. George brought her to life with facts, feelings, and magic.
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Summary: A well written, fascinating history
Review: This book is an insightful, detailed and extremely interesting view of ancient Egypt, Rome and the most powerful people of that time, Caeser and Cleopatra.Anyone with an interest in history, especially the history of earlier civilizations, will not be able to it down.Everything about life in that period is revealed, right down to the diet of the rich and powerful and the political intrigue surrounding the pursuit of world conquest - Antony vs. Octavian in the first truly World War. A must!
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