Cleopatra is one of the most famous names to come out of Egypt. She was born in 69 BCE, and was the last active ruler in the Ptolemaic Kingdom. Her reign lasted from 51 BCE to 30 BCE. I found it really interesting to learn that she spoke a dialect of Greek and was the only Ptolemaic ruler to learn Egyptian language. After her death, Egypt became part of the Roman Empire. She had a multitude of siblings, as her father had several wives. She famously had a relationship with Julius Caesar, and becoming pregnant by him. She had her brother/coruler poisoned and elevated her son with Julius to coruler. Her second most famous relationship was with Marc Antony, with whom she had twins that he acknowledged as his children. She died via suicide in 30 BCE, to avoid being brought to Rome for reasons I did not mention in this summery.

I really enjoyed The Witches book by this author, and hoped that I would love this one too. I did not love it as much as I did the other book, but it was still a good book. I have read some other reviews complaining about the writing and editing, and I have to say I did not find it to be as good as The Witches, which is all I have to compare it to. I did think that it was researched well, and once I got through the first 50 or 100 pages, I enjoyed it much more. I would consider that a slow starting book. I did learn some interesting things that I did not know about Cleopatra, so it was worth reading to me. Plus, I got it used, so it was worth the money I spent. I like this author and would suggest checking out her work, especially The Witches.