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Title	:	Cleopatra's Moon
Author	:	Vicky Alvear Shecter
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 355 pages
Published	:	August 1st 2011 by Arthur A. Levine Books (first published 2011)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Northern Africa. Egypt. Romance. Fiction

Cleopatra's Moon

Vicky Alvear Shecter

Hardcover | Pages: 355 pages

Rating: 4.01 | 3953 Users | 524 Reviews

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This book utterly blew me away. The research that went into it was obviously extensive and i was so glad to see that it was so historically accurate. I've always been fascinated by Cleopatra and ancient Egypt, but i would often get frustrated when authors portray the great queen as a promiscuous sex symbol with a pretty crown and nothing more. Shecter dispels all these misconceptions about Cleopatra and points out that Cleopatra was a very powerful and respectable queen in her own right. After her defeat and suicide, Octavianus besmirched her reputation, spreading lies about her, calling her the "whore queen" and a sorceress who had bewitched Marc Antony and Julius Caesar into loving her. Shecter negates all those rumors. She shows that Cleopatra was an excellent diplomat who spoke seven languages so that she could speak with emissaries without the need for translators. She was a tolerant ruler who did not persecute her people for their religious beliefs. She was very intelligent and wrote many books. Contrary to the Western idea of her being a sex symbol, she was desctibed by Plutarch as "chaste" and she only ever was in a relationship with two men- Julius Caesar and Marc Antony. At the bitter end, rather than be captured and paraded around Rome as a spoil of war, she chose to take control over her own death and kill herself.

Still, Shecter didn't just use this book to sing Cleopatra's praises, for which I was thankful. She makes the reader think. She makes us wonder if her final decision was a good one. While she spared herself the humiliation at the hands of the Romans, she left her three small children to face life as prisoners alone. Rather than stay with them until the end, she took the easy way out and killed herself, leaving them to fend for themselves.

Still, her only daughter, Cleopatra Selene, was as good a heroine as any. She was extremely brave and fiercely protective of her brothers. Like her mother, she valued education and women's independence. She was aghast at the way women were repressed in Rome and did whatever she could to make sure she wasn't controlled by any man. She was wise beyond her years and so determined to get her throne back. She did whatever she had to do to get back in power. While there was a love triangle, it was unlike any I've read. While she cared about one of the men and was attracted to the other, she chose the one she thought was best for Egypt and who would give her back her throne. She put Egypt before her own feelings and that is commendable. Still, I also liked that she wasn't perfect. She cried and lost her temper. She made some bad decisions. But this made me lover her all the more. She truly was her mother's daughter.

The mythology in this book was stupendous. It was true to the original myths and showed that the author really put a lot of work into research. The setting was also amazing. I could perfectly visualize the swaying palms of Alexandria and the stinking, crowded slums of the Subura district in Rome.

All in all, I would highly recommend this book. From now on I will always remember Cleopatra not as the sexualized, girl queen, but the capable Pharaoh that she was.

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Original Title:	Cleopatra's Moon
ISBN:	0545221307 (ISBN13: 9780545221306)
Edition Language:	English

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This book utterly blew me away. The research that went into it was obviously extensive and i was so glad to see that it was so historically accurate. I've always been fascinated by Cleopatra and ancient Egypt, but i would often get frustrated when authors portray the great queen as a promiscuous sex symbol with a pretty crown and nothing more. Shecter dispels all these misconceptions about Cleopatra and points out that Cleopatra was a very powerful and respectable queen in her own right. After

Ancient Egypt is fascinating and I was hoping for more of the day to day events in the typical life of Cleopatra, Mark Antony, and their family. Yes, there was a little of that, but this story seemed to focus a lot of the political world at that time and the way the events played out with Rome. Life at this time was interesting, but there was a lot of evil that abounded. Prisoners, torture, death, adultery, incest, homosexual relationships, concubines, etc. This is all alluded to and skimmed

I've read quite a few Cleopatra books- but none quite like this. Cleopatra's Moon is about the daughter of Cleopatra VII, Cleopatra Selene. And rather than focusing on the events leading up to the death of Cleopatra VII, Vicky Alvear Shecter focuses largely on the aftermath of her death and the impact it has on her children, particularly her only daughter.Historical fiction based on the story of Ancient Egypt and their famous Pharoah Queen are some of the best books out there; but this one is

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I don't think that I'll ever grow tired of reading about Cleopatra Selene(daughter of THE Cleopatra), a historical figure that I was introduced to in Cleopatra's Daughter and became better acquainted with in Stephanie Dray;s beautiful trilogy Lily of the Nile,Song of the Nile, and Daughters of the Nile. Although I mention all these works, it is not to compare, but only to mention how truly wonderful they all are. In Cleopatra's Moon, this is really the coming of age story of Selene from girlhood

I found this book to be poorly written and full of shabby research. It bore me with it after reading only a couple of chapters. I had such high hopes, but this book felt forced, the writing didnt flow, and I reread passages because they made little sense.

this book was probably one of my favorite books. it was kinda emotional but a really good book. It's characters were based on real people. i just love this book it was such a really good one.