Diana Preston, Cleopatra And Antony: Power, Love, And Politics

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Jessika Newberry
World History 1
Summer, 2018

Diana Preston, Cleopatra and Antony: Power, Love, and Politics In The Ancient World

Diana Preston had an interesting view of Cleopatra and Antony’s lives. A view that questioned whether their relationship was true love or just a political hassle. Preston covers the ins and outs of power, politics, and love aspects of their lives throughout this entire book and she began it all around 332 BC when Cleopatra’s long-time ancestor arrived in Egypt. Alexander the Great by no means came on his own. He arrived with his army right by his side. It did not take him long to establish a city in the delta in which he called Alexandria. Not to long after his establishment he began to lose grip on his city