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The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd...

Il mondo di oggi non sarebbe lo stesso senza Cleopatra, una sovrana colta, intelligente e dotata di una straordinaria abilità sia sul tavolo delle trattative che nelle guerre. Una donna di potere incredibilmente moderna per il passato e allo stesso tempo capace di provare grandi passioni amorose. Ma chi era veramente l'ultima regina d'Egitto?

In der antiken Vergangenheit voller Pyramiden, Tempel und Pharaonen ist die junge Kleopatra für Großes bestimmt: Mit nur 18 Jahren wird sie zur Herrscherin Ägyptens. Ihr ganzes Leben lang kämpft sie um Ruhm und Macht und zieht die Männer in ihren Bann. An der Seite der Römer Julius Cäsar und Marcus Antonius, gelingt es der gebildeten und faszinierenden Kleopatra, Ägypten mächtig und unabhängig zu halten.

One of Italy’s most revered cultural figures reconstructs the extraordinary life of the legendary Cleopatra at the height of her power in this epic story of passion, intrigue, betrayal, and war. Our world today would not be the same without Cleopatra. While she is one of the most famous...

Kaum eine Frauengestalt der Weltgeschichte hat - von der Antike bis in die Gegenwart - eine so große Faszination auf Dichter und Komponisten, auf Theater und Film ausgeübt wie Kleopatra VII. (69-30 v. Chr.). Die Lebensgeschichte der ägyptischen Königin ist ebenso reich an dramatischen Szenen wie an tragisch-romantischen Episoden. Das Bild Kleopatras ist in der Überlieferung durch den Hass der Römer verzeichnet: Sie war eine hoch gebildete Frau und beherrschte zahlreiche Sprachen des Ostens.

Join Blix Windway, an adventurous lady traveler, on a journey down the Nile in 1924. An eclectic mix of passengers boards the steamer, including a captain of industry, a former stunt-girl reporter turned lady of the manor, an archaeologist, an American teacher, a British doctor and his invalid wife, and a German photographer. When a passenger is found dead, the elegant cruise turns into a floating crime scene. With everyone confined on board, tensions rise and secrets surface.

The story is set in the Ptolemaic era of ancient Egyptian history and revolves around the survival of a dynasty bloodline protected by the priesthood of Isis. The main character, Harmachis (the living descendant of this bloodline), is charged by the priesthood with overthrowing the supposed impostor - Cleopatra - driving out the Romans, and restoring Egypt to its golden era.

Mark Antony, one of the three rulers of the Roman world, has become the thrall of the fascinating Cleopatra. Affairs of state call him to Rome, but the attractions of the queen of Egypt prove impossible to resist. From one of history's greatest love stories Shakespeare builds this magnificent tragedy of the clash between love and duty.

Cleopatra is one of the most famous women in history - and thanks to Shakespeare, one of the most intriguing personalities in literature. Award-winning writer and beloved professor Harold Bloom delivers exhilarating clarity and invites us to look at this character as a flawed human who might be living in our world. He also explores his own personal relationship to the character: Just as we encounter one Anna Karenina or Jay Gatsby when we are in high school and college and another when we are adults, Bloom explains his shifting understanding of Cleopatra over the course of his own lifetime.

Consecrated at birth as a royal goddess, Cleopatra learns early on from her father's experience that to rule means to fight. Politically astute, her deep love for Egypt means she'll do everything in her power to retain its autonomy from the all-devouring Romans. Julius Caesar is a legendary warrior whose might helped secure the Egyptian throne for Cleopatra's father. Years later, when he encounters the now Queen of Egypt, it is more than a meeting of rulers - it is a meeting of souls.

Als Dank für seine Rettung spendiert Sandys Vater dem Team eine Reise auf der Hochseejacht "Cleopatra". Was harmlos beginnt, entwickelt sich zusehends zum Albtraum - denn zum einen verdreht Sandy Kyle gehörig den Kopf, und zum anderen befindet sich jemand an Bord, der den Teammitgliedern nach dem Leben trachtet.