![]() Young Cleopatra is surrounded by intrigue at court, particularly from her two ambitious and jealous older sisters, yet secretly dreams of one day becoming a great ruler of Egypt. As the book opens, Cleopatra is 10 years old, and clearly the favorite daughter of King Ptolemy XII. In her newest young adult novel, she turns her pen (or computer?) to one of the most celebrated women in history, Cleopatra.Īs in the other books in her Young Royals series, Meyer concentrates on Cleopatra's teen years, as the queen reminisces about her life in a diary-like format with very brief chapters. Carolyn Meyer is one of our most prolific contemporary authors of historical fiction for young people, and has tackled novelizations of the lives of many famous women from history including Marie Antoinette, Elizabeth I, Mary Tudor, and Anne Boleyn. ![]()
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