Throne of Isis

Product Description [Read by Grace Conlin] Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, was the most powerful woman of the ancient Mediterranean, and the only person standing between Rome and its dominion over the world. She was wife to Julius Caesar, and bore his only son. After his death she took Mark Antony, Caesar's greatest general, as lover and consort - and as her partner in a vast political enterprise. Together they strove to unite Egypt and Rome under one throne. In Throne of Isis, Judith Tarr shows us an extraordinary woman wielding the power to which she was born. Here is the Cleopatra who took the throne of Egypt and held it despite Rome for nearly thirty years. This is the woman who spoke twelve languages, studied philosophy and arts, and could debate with the greatest scholars and orators of the age. Here is the woman who fell in love with a man she meant to use. And here is historical fiction at its best. Review ''(Audiobook narrator) Conlin's semi-voiced reading is slow, with a musical, bell-like quality that imparts a little magic of its own to what has been described as one of the world's greatest love stories.'' --Kliatt''[A] marvelously entertaining tapestry . . .[Tarr] never loses sight of the human side of history . . .Such memorable characters, settings, and situations make this a welcome addition to general fiction collections.'' --Booklist About the Author JUDITH TARR is the author of more than twenty widely praised novels, including The Throne of Isis, White Mare's Daughter, and Queen of Swords, as well as five previous volumes in the 'Avaryan Chronicles': The Hall of the Mountain King, The Lady of Han-Gilen and A Fall of Princes (collected in one volume as 'Avaryan Rising'), Arrows of the Sun, and Spear of Heaven. A graduate of Yale and Cambridge University, Judith Tarr holds degrees in ancient and medieval history, and breeds Lipizzan horses at Dancing Horse Farm, her home in Vail, Arizona.