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Praise for ‘Antony and Cleopatra’:
‘An irresistible read’
Daily Mail
‘Full of passion, greed, intrigue and betrayal…a thoroughly entertaining read’
Glasgow Herald
Praise for Colleen McCullough:
‘Fast-moving and immensely readable…this book is a page turner from start to finish’ Maeve Binchy
'McCullough piles on the drama' Daily Mail
'Sizzling family drama stuffed with passion, tragedy, love and sex' More
'Absorbing’ Sunday Telegraph
'Compelling, passionate and gritty' She
'Probes the depths of the human heart in a haunting, multi-layered novel' Good Book Guide
'Deliciously addictive…a classic tale of wealth and power–an engrossing read' Sainsbury's magazine
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Passion, politics, love and death combine in a novel of the legendary love triangle between the three leaders of the Roman era: Cleopatra, Mark Antony and Octavian, from the bestselling author of The Thorn Birds
Mark Antony, famous warrior and legendary lover, expected that he would be Julius Caesar's successor. But after Caesar's murder it was his 18-year old nephew, Octavian, who was named in the will. No-one, least of all Antony, expected him to last but his youth and slight frame concealed a remarkable determination and a clear strategic sense.
Antony was the leader of the fabulously rich East. Barely into his campaigning, he met Cleopatra, Pharaoh of Egypt. Bereft by the loss of Julius Caesar, her lover, father of her only son, she saw Antony as another Roman who could support her and provide more heirs. His fascination for her, his sense that she knew the way forward where he had lost his, led to the beginning of their passionate, and very public affair. The two men, twin rulers of Rome, might have found a way to live with each other but not with Cleopatra between them.
This is a truly epic story of power and scandal, battle and passion, political spin and inexorable fate with a rich historical background and a remarkable cast of characters, all brought brilliantly to life by Colleen McCullough. It is hard to leave the world she has created.
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This was a very good read, taking up the story from the murder of Caeser, to Mark Antony's fury at not getting his hands on the legacy of Caeser..power and money. Sadly it didn't make me like or love the charactor of Mark Antony any more than I did before.
Though maybe it definitely did shed a more light on the charactor of Octavius, of whom, I really can't make up my mind whether I love or hate him!
If you read this book you will find that C.McC. has debunked many of the so called accounts of Antony and Cleopatra, altogether making a different slant than many books of fiction on the subject, and I believe a more believable account.
I really do recomend most highly this book, I just feel gutted that is most likely the very last on the Republic. As Octavius changed his name to..Augustus the first Emperor of Rome.
(If you want more, but real gossip try Tacitus and Suetonius and Plutarch..this series got me reading them.)
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