While wandering around the library last week, a book caught my eye. It wasn't the title, it was the picture on the cover. I have a thing for beautiful things and the hairstyle of this woman was gorgeous. So, I picked it up and saw that it was Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra, for which she won a Pulitzer Prize. It's easy to see why, too. A great writer who tries to piece together the history of a woman who has lived forever in infamy because most of the things recorded were done so by her enemies.
It's been an interesting book and a great review of my Classical Civilization courses in college. I love when more of the puzzle pieces get put together and she does a great job of presenting what was recorded and proposing other plausible and logical possibilities.
For those who love history and want to understand more about our own society by reading of that which lead to our current standards, read this book!
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