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by Saara El-Arifi
Cleopatra tells her own story in this evocative and sensuous historical epic from the bestselling and award-winning author of Faebound and The Final Strife.
You 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, and divinely blessed to rule.
Death will silence me no longer.
This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived.
"Enchanting, smart, and subversive—this is El-Arifi's masterpiece." —R.F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Katabasis
"Lush world-building and lyrical prose ... Cleopatra's fascinating life is portrayed on her own terms, as readers have never encountered her before." —Jennifer Saint, #1 internationally bestselling author of Ariadne
"An extraordinary achievement that raises Cleopatra from the sands of time and liberates her from the judgment of men, granting her dignity and humanity." —Samantha Shannon, New York Times bestselling author of The Priory of the Orange Tree
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Saara El-Arifi is an internationally bestselling and award winning author of fantasy and historical fiction. El-Arifi knew she was a storyteller from the moment she told her first lie. Over the years, she has perfected her tall tales into epic ones. She has lived in many countries, had many jobs, and owned many more cats. After a decade of working in marketing and communications, she returned to academia to complete a master's degree in African studies specialising in Cleopatra's myth and her impact on Black women. She currently resides in London as a full-time procrastinator.
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