Cleopatra's Shadows

Description:

Reimagines the beginnings of Cleopatra's epic saga through the eyes of her younger sister. Reading-group guide available. Abandoned by her beloved sister Cleopatra and an indifferent father, young Arsinoe must fight for her survival in the bloodthirsty royal court when her half-sister Berenice seizes Egypt's throne. To survive, she escapes the palace for the war-torn streets of Alexandria. When their deposed father Ptolemy marches on the city with a Roman army, both daughters must decide where their allegiances truly lie, and Arsinoe grapples with the truth: that the only way to survive her dynasty is to rule it.

subjects: Fiction,  History,  Egypt, fiction,  Fiction, historical,  Large type books,  Queens,  FICTION / Historical,  Fiction, historical, general

People: Arsinoe IV Queen of Egypt (-41 B.C),  Cleopatra Queen of Egypt (-30 B.C)

Places: Egypt

Times: 30 B.C.-640 A.D.,  Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D.