Cleopatra Author:Emil Ludwig First published in 1937. "A masterful recreation of the life and times of antiquity's greatest queen, whose love affairs with Caesar and Mark Antony changed the course of history. Direct descendant of the god-emperor Alexander, Cleopatra was considered divine as well as royal. She was the seventh Ptolemy queen to bear the traditional na... more »me of Cleopatra, but history has accorded it to her alone. An absolute despot, she ruled an empire and enslaved two of the mightiest military conquerors of all time. In relating the amazing career of this extraordinary woman, Emil Ludwig tells not only the story of Cleopatra, Caesar and Antony, but of the whole ancient Mediterranean world.".« less