Cleopatra

An enthralling, groundbreaking reimagining of an iconic queen, from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author'Enchanting, smart, and subversive - this is El-Arifi's masterpiece' R. F. Kuang'Lush world-building and lyrical prose burn brightly on every page' JENNIFER SAINT'An extraordinary achievement' SAMANTHA SHANNONYOU KNOW MY NAME.BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME.Your historians call me seductress, but I was ever in love's thrall.Your playwrights speak of witchcraft, but my talents came from the gods themselves.Your poets sing of my bloodlust, but I was always protecting my children.How wilfully they refuse to concede that a woman could be powerful, strategic, divinely blessed to rule.Death will silence me no longer.This is not the story of how I died.

But how I lived.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.