Soon after Cleopatra was given the throne after Ptolemy XIII had been killed. Cleopatra also gave birth to a child who had been named Caesarion.

Cleopatra had been at the deathbed of Caesar and after his death she retuned home. There her co-monarch had died due to poisoning from probably her elder sister. After his death, Cleopatra's son Caesarion was advanced to become the co-monarch. After securing Egypt she went on to taking her place as the head of Rome along with Mark Antony. However, as things turned out in the end, they both killed themselves instead of being captured by Octavian, who turned out to be the first Roman Emperor (Grant, Powells.com).

Conclusion

The Cleopatra by Michael Grant is considered to be the most wisely researched, correctly documented life of Cleopatra. With all the misrepresentation of her life history been preserved, it is therefore very vital to get...

From the treacherous Ptolemy family life, to the policies she was raised to remain to and her ascension to power all is there in the book (Chabot, 2007).
She was not the 'voluptuous harlot' history likes to belittle her as, but a woman intelligent enough, ambitious enough and rich enough to rule half the world and charm the two most powerful men in the world at that time. I would hope this would be the way Cleopatra VII would be remembered (Chabot, 2007). Thanks to Michael Grant, we have a clear telescope to peek back in time (Chabot, 2007).

Works Cited

George Chabot. William Shakespeare was Right: Cleopatra. Mar 28, 2007. My Simon

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Cleopatra by Micheal Grant. Powells.Com. www.powells.com

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