Seowoong chang

5 years ago

It is cool

ajg16

5 years ago

(This is a fictional take on real events of Egypt 57 B.C. ) 12 year old Princess Cleopatra VII the third daughter of King Ptolemy Auletes records in her diary of how her father has gone into hiding after people have tried to kill him. Her oldest sister Princess Tryphaena is calling herself queen because her father is in hiding, Cleopatra fears her oldest sister would try to poison her to secure her spot on throne in the events of her father does because Cleopatra is his favorite daughter. Cleopatra wants to be queen someday. She practices acting as a queen to herself as a kind of training. Tryphaena ruled Egypt from 58 B.C to 57 B.C, when she was killed by her father's supporters. Berenice the second daughter of Ptolemy XII, took control and ruled from 57 B.C. To 55 B.C., When her father ordered her execution. Cleopatra had to marry her brother (when he was 10 😦) and became queen at 18 (when he died and was freed to rule jointly with her 3 year old son by Caesar, Ptolemy XV Caesar, called Casarion. ) and ruled for 21 years. No one really knows exactly what Cleopatra looked like, but they do know that she was one of the most influential women in history because of alliances with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony. She died young, at the age of 39 after she poisoned herself with a snake bite sometime after her husband killed himself thinking that she had died in war. Her death marked the beginning of Roman Rule in Egypt, which would last another several hundred years. This was a very interesting book recommended for 11+ thanks for reading - Ajg16's reviews

editor

5 years ago

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ajg16

5 years ago

Thank you for the opportunity @editor !

patch3830

10 years ago

loved it very suspensfull

otter

10 years ago

I'm in the middle of this and I am LOVING it! Cleopatra is 12, but unlike most 12 year old girls, she, uh, has a pet leopard and her sister is trying to kill her. Her father has disappeared, and Tryphaena, her sister, is trying to take over. I can't really say much more without spoiling more then I already did. IT is really good.

j0ej0e

12 years ago

I really liked it and I am reading it for the second time I loved how the way that they lived was so different from our lifestyles like pet leopard and things like that. Overall I loved it........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yobro

12 years ago

This book is imformal and very interesting, if you like learning about different culteures, then this is for you. this is als in the form of a diary, so Cleopatra VII is narrating and i think it is wonderful that you can read how her life i different then ours.