Cleopatra

<strong>An enthralling, groundbreaking reimagining of an iconic queen, from the #1<em> Sunday Times </em>bestselling author</strong> <p> <strong>'Enchanting, smart, and subversive - El-Arifi's masterpiece' R. F. KUANG</strong> </p> <p> <strong>'Lush world-building and lyrical prose burn brightly on every page' JENNIFER SAINT</strong> </p> <p> <strong>'Addictive and entertaining' <em>STYLIST</em></strong> </p> <p> <strong>'An extraordinary achievement' SAMANTHA SHANNON</strong> </p> <p> <strong>YOU KNOW MY NAME.</strong> </p> <p> <strong>BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME.</strong> </p> <p>Your historians call me seductress, but I was ever in love's thrall.</p> <p>Your playwrights speak of witchcraft, but my talents came from the gods themselves.</p> <p>Your poets sing of my bloodlust, but I was always protecting my children.</p> <p>How wilfully they refuse to concede that a woman could be powerful, strategic, divinely blessed to rule.</p> <p>Death will silence me no longer.</p> <p>This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived.</p> <p> <strong>From one of the most remarkable and acclaimed storytellers of her generation, the #1 bestselling author of FAEBOUND and THE FINAL STRIFE, this epic and groundbreaking new novel shows us Cleopatra on her own terms.</strong> </p>