Photo: #The cover of "Cleopatra: A Life," by Stacy Schiff.
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The cover of "Cleopatra: A Life," by Stacy Schiff. (Image courtesy of Hatchette Book Group)

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The queen of the Nile: a new perspective


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She was called Queen of Kings, and in her lifetime Cleopatra was romantically linked with both Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Biographer Stacy Schiff considers her a shrewd political strategist and powerful ruler.

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