A novel of CLEOPATRA. by Colin  Falconer.

He left her alone in the inky darkness of the future, and even from the moment of his final breath she could hear the slithering of cold bodies and baring of fangs….

 Arrestingly beautiful and fiercely intelligent, Cleopatra VII of Egypt was  barely more than a teenager when she inherited the richest empire in the world. Imperilled at ever turn by court conspiracies and Roman treachery, she brazenly sought a partnership with the only man who could secure Egypt’s safety:Julius Ceasar, a wily politician and battle-hardened general with weakness for women.  The result was a passionate love affair that scandalised Rome and thrust Cleopatra into the glittering but deadly world of imperial intrigue and warfare - a world that she mesmerized and manipulated even after Ceasar was gone.

Until this very day, the name Cleopatra provoked an image of a beautiful woman, an Egyptian Queen unlike no other. This book not portrayed a strong-willed woman but a loving mother  and a fierce queen who do everything for Egypt. To her people she is a goddess but to her lovers she is woman.

One of those book that I could not put down till the very last page.

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