"...These places in my dreams have a precise topography, but they are completely different. They may be mountain paths or swamps or jungles, it doesn't matter: I know that I am on a certain corner in Buenos Aires. I try to find my way."
- "Nightmares", SEVEN NIGHTS, Borges, Jorge Luis.

Friday, June 01, 2012

Cleopatra: A Life. Schiff, Stacy. Sept. 2011

Published around the same time as Adrian Goldworthy's biography of Antony and Cleopatra.  Between the two, I found this one more of an enjoyable read.  Many details and events in both Antony's and Cleopatra's life were filled in here, that had been absent from Goldworthy's bio.  Schiff also seems more sympathetic to both Cleopatra and Antony despite their many personal shortcomings and failures.
Recommended not only for history buffs...

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