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Cleopatra Rules!: The Amazing Life Of The Original Teen Queen (2010)

by Vicky Alvear Shecter(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1590787188 (ISBN13: 9781590787182)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Boyds Mills Press

review 1: This is a super personable biography of Cleopatra. It's written in a very friendly and appealing readable tone. I do think that some modern day slang and tech references were out of place and will make this book feel dated more quickly then it would have otherwise and I also think the notes section could have been set up a little better. I would have liked to read these notes at the end of each chapter but I didn't realize they were even there and read them out of place at the end. I really liked that they offered the Arabic prospective of Cleopatra and tried to offer reasonings for why the seductress angle became so popular.
review 2: A very interesting biography of Cleopatra written for teens. I learned all kinds of stuff! I really liked the way that the ... moreauthor re-wrote the traditional depiction of Cleopatra as seductress and drew attention to the ways and reasons that she had been misrepresented throughout history. The tone of the book was really engaging and very funny, but sometimes I thought there were a few too many puns and pop-culture references. less

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