This acclaimed biography by Pulitzer Prize–winner Stacy Schiff reexamines Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt, restoring the complexity and brilliance often lost beneath centuries of mythmaking. Schiff portrays Cleopatra as a formidable strategist whose short but tumultuous life reshaped the ancient world through shrewd political maneuvering, fraught family rivalries, and influential relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Despite her legendary reputation, Cleopatra had only two lovers, with whom she forged powerful—and ultimately tragic—alliances. Drawing on classical sources, the book cuts through Shakespearean drama and artistic reinvention to reveal a richly detailed, original portrait of a magnetic ruler whose death marked the dawn of a new world order.

 

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