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Cleopatra was on a political mission to save her country and her power, but what we remember about her are these two famed seductions, which are a... →
For the several thousands of years before they became firefighters and physicians, women were sirens, enchantresses, snares. At times it seems as if... →
Here you have an incredibly ambitious, accomplished woman who comes up against some of the same problems that women in power come up against today.... →
We're talking about, essentially, the Roman historians, who wrote Cleopatra into the story mostly so that they could talk about the rise of Rome.... →
In 'Plutarch,' her voice begins to come out; there are actual 2,000-year-old quotes from Cleopatra, and they are sly and saucy.
Life-writing calls for any number of dubious gifts: A touch of O.C.D., a lack of imagination, a large desk, neutrality of Swiss proportions... →
Recently a study proved that working from a larger, less cluttered computer screen increases concentration. I could have told them that. And yes, I... →
I went out to the desert where Cleopatra camped out with her mercenary army. It's a desolate outpost. Nothing has changed since her day. You... →
I can't write a line without music - it provides just the right amount of distraction to keep me focused. Clearly, I still miss the noisy... →
No one in the modern world controls the wealth or territory that Cleopatra did.
For a few thousand years, women had no history. Marriage was our calling, and meekness our virtue. Over the last century, in stuttering succession... →
Women enjoyed rights in Egypt they would not again enjoy for more than 2,000 years. They owned ships, ran vineyards, filed lawsuits, practiced... →
Certainly, I am writing as a 21st-century woman, so I am much more inclined to view her as a three-dimensional woman. I think we keep coming up with... →
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