An historical fiction account of the daughter of Cleopatra VII, named Cleopatra Selene. You will be brought right into the forefront of incredible historic events of the ancient world in that era, though the eyes of a princess of Egypt and her siblings....
A story of a princess: Cleopatra Selene was the moon and a twin born along the side of her brother Alexander Helios, the sun. Their mother was the legendary last pharaoh of Egypt-Cleopatra VII. Her father, the notable Roman, Marcus Antonius. She was lavished in her childhood in the palace of Bruchion. After the death of her parents under the newly made Emperor Augustus—she is forced in captivity with the rest of her siblings. Selene then is forced into a political marriage for Rome, her conqueror, and is then thrust into a life of intrigue and adventure that brought her to Rome, Mauretania and Britania. She is a witness to incredible historical events and shines despite all that fall in her path. She is more than a queen and alot like her mother . . .
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“To have a legacy like mine would seem to most a joy, but in retrospect has been our silent destruction through the many generations from the most famous to bear my name, the infamous Cleopatra VII, the Last Pharaoh of Egypt. I am just known as Cleopatra and five generations down from her. The following is the chronicles of her legacy and how it intertwined zealously with that of the Rome she left us to. I am the family historian and have traveled the known world to compile all that she had left behind in her wake. I am also the narrator of this tale I leave for those we left behind to judge us and our actions, now that you are armed with the truth”
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