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โ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ, ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ค, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ.โ
The minute this book at my doorstep, I immediately picked it up and started reading it! I am a little over halfway through and have been on an emotional roller coaster. From page one the atmosphere has taken me all the way back to ancient Egypt and immersed me in Cleopatraโs life of politics, friendships, motherhood, and so much more. Plus the way the story is told from Cleopatraโs point of view, as if she is sitting across a table from you as she reflects on her past life, makes it even more achingly real.
๐งI have also been able to alternate back-and-forth between the audio and physical book. Adjoa Andoh gives a stunning performance in this reimagining of Cleopatra and her life. Andoh is a must-listen narrator. Her stellar vocal versatility, effortless immersion into ancient worlds, and deep character development are on full display.
๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ.โ
๐โโฌ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐:
Historical Fiction
Reclaiming the Narrative
Atmosphere
Ancient Egypt
YOU KNOW MY NAME, BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME.
Your historians call me seductress, but I was ever in loveโs thrall.
Your playwrights speak of witchcraft, but my talents came from the gods themselves.
Your poets sing of my bloodlust, but I was always protecting my children.
How wilfully they refuse to concede that a woman could be powerful, strategic, and divinely blessed to rule.
Death will silence me no longer.
This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived.
