Unfortunately, though perhaps the concept in theory sounds good, the reality is a different story, at least in this one title that I've read. As a story, the plot was not that great so I found myself bored in some places.
focus on events in the southern Levant, an area of importance to Cleopatra because of her relationship with Herod the Great. The two were cautious allies and often rivals.
Aimed at younger readers this book explores Cleopatra's life through the eyes of her servant. It's beautifully illustrated and covers all the main points. Worth picking up if you want to educate that young history nerd in your life.
”The cobblestones are soaked with refuse: kitchen garbage, dung from the horses and dogs and most putrid of all, waste from the latrines that has been thrown out the windows.
Cleopatra’s family was descended from the Macedonian general Ptolemy, who had picked up Egypt in the shareout after Alexander died. But 250 years then passed before Cleopatra was born – 12 generations, with all their love affairs and secret assignations.
Cleopatra didn’t die for love. Like Mark Antony, who killed himself because there was pelo longer a place of honour for him in the world, Cleopatra chose to die rather than suffer the violence of being paraded, shamed and helpless, through Rome. Augustus had to make do with an image of her that was carried through the streets instead.
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At the end, Cleopatra returns to Egypt with her father and her friend says that she left a child and returned a woman but we don't see that development. And I know that this is a little bit more difficult since this is a diary that we're reading but we don't see Cleopatra educate herself on the politics of the Roman Empire. All she does is frown upon what a 'barbaric' society it is and not looking at why or how they became such a powerful and terrifying empire.
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The big tough oversized bodyguard with the three little kittens crawling on him was particularly amusing. I enjoyed reading this book and would like to read more along this line. Recommended!
During the course of the first three (3) pages Giros grátis no Cleopatra's Diary of this book, Ptolemy's favorite eunuch saves Ptolemy from death by assassination puff adder by jumping in front of the snake and instantly dying, Cleopatra's horrible sister bathes evilly in her father's own chambers while he hides up the Nile, and we find out that Cleopatra has a pet leopard.
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Cleopatra is incorrectly portrayed here as a monotheist and about a stone's throw away from becoming a Christian, if only Jesus would hurry up and be born. It's insulting, and particularly frustrating if you are interested in the mythology of ancient Egypt. Outside of a few references to Isis, there is no mention of the Egyptian gods and goddesses at all - and when any god is mentioned other than the Jewish one, it is the Greek/Roman gods, never the Egyptian ones.
I appreciate that the author did put all that in and didn’t try to sugarcoat anything to her young audience. Kids understand and comprehend a lot more than I think some authors give them credit for. But my God, how could I have not noticed this when I was younger?!!