Cleopatra's Daughter

from justabookreader

After the deaths of Marc Antony and Cleopatra, Egypt's new conqueror, Octavian, takes their three children, twins Alexander and Selene, and the youngest Ptolemy, to Rome as prisoners. Ptolemy dies on the journey causing Alexander and Selene to cling to each other even more knowing Octavian can or...

from LucyB.

Michelle Moran's books have helped revive my fascination for all that is ancient. The characters encountered in her books, such as in Nefertiti, the Heretic Queen and now, Cleopatra's Daughter, are ones that many of us have read about before. Never though, have they been portrayed as incredibly i...

from Sararush

Although I keep missing Michelle Moran's books, they always look fascinating, so I was excited to read Cleopatra's daughter. This book tells of the intensely likable daughter of Antony and Cleoptra, Selene, after she is orphaned and then taken to Rome to parade at the Triumph of Octavian. More pr...

from littlebookworm

The love story of Marc Antony and Cleopatra is legendary. The question asked less often is what happened to their children after they killed themselves? Michelle Moran tackles this question by exploring the lives of the three children who were taken by Octavian and the rest of the Romans through ...

from LucyB.

Michelle Moran's books have helped revive my fascination for all that is ancient. The characters encountered in her books, such as in Nefertiti, the Heretic Queen and now, Cleopatra's Daughter, are ones that many of us have read about before. Never though, have they been portrayed as incredibly i...