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Cleopatra (World Cultural Heritage Library)
Cleopatra - World Cultural Heritage Library Author:Georg Ebers This captivating novel charts the journey of a woman caught between two worlds and two lives--one mired in dreary England and a life of convention, the other set in the vibrant Italian landscape holding the promise of sensual liberation. Alvina Haughton is fading into spinsterhood when she meets Cicio, a vaudeville dancer who draws her into a da... more »nce of seduction, reawakening her desire as she defies her stifling upper-class life.« less