Cleopatra

I just finished reading Cleopatra.  It was quite interesting.  My previous knowledge of Cleopatra was based pretty much on Shakespeare :-) so it was nice to hear more of the actual history.  I really enjoyed the author's effort to dig into the limited set of information that is available and present this in a balanced way.  Especially since virtually all of the information that is available was written by her enemies.  History is truly written by the winners.  Very interesting to think of Cleopatra as a powerful woman when powerful women were considered very, very dangerous (at least by the Romans).