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From: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) | Date: February 10, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: Allan Massie

Cleopatra, Last Queen of Egypt By Joyce Tyldesley Profile Books [pounds sterling] 20 [pounds sterling]18inc p& p (0845 606 4213)

The two most famous women of Antiquity are Cleopatra and Helen of Troy. Helenbelongs to legend but Cleopatra was unquestionably historical.

The trouble is that most of what we know about her comes first by way of herenemies, then from Shakespeare.

Antony And Cleopatra is one of Shakespeare's greatest plays and Cleopatraperhaps the most demanding and rewarding part for an actress, but it is stillessentially the Roman ...

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