Cleopatra’s life can put a soap opera to shame. She lost her throne, snuck into her own palace into Caesar’s room, and had a love child with Caesar while married to her brother. That’s just the beginning of her rein as queen of Egypt.
In Cleopatra: A Life Stacy Schiff digs deep into historical texts and puts together a fascinating biography of one of the most famous queens in history. Our bloggers were equally enthralled by Cleopatra. Today From Left to Write members share their take:
- Brittnee Henry of BrittneeHenry imagines a powerful political couple .
- Tiffany from Lattes and Life homeschools herself too.
- Eunice C at Random Walk Down Mommy Street wonders how Cleopatra could have left her children behind.
- Taylor of The Quiet Moments, Page 2 is obsessed with her (Julian) calendar.
- Rachel from A Little Each Day ponders if we really have a better life than the ancient Egyptians.
- Emily at Mama Sick wants to be remembered her way.
- Amy of Occupation: Mommy enjoys bringing history to life.
- Karen from Time Crafted reminds us to tell our story.
- Helen P at Milf Alert hesitates to define herself by her new responsibility.
- Emily of West of the Loop connects to the ancient world through grief.
- Joy Weese Moll from Joy’s Book Blog compares different movie versions of Cleopatra.
- Brenda Bartella Peterson at Grit and Grace shares lessons learned from Cleopatra.
- Nicole Moore of What Dreamers Do wonders what kind of legacy she’ll leave behind.
- Elaine from Connor and Helen Grow Up! knows how important is to be the storyteller.
- Patty at Year of 4s is no Cleopatra.
- Amy of Oh What a Life is impressed by the ancient Egyptian’s knowledge of the world around them.
- Tracy from Tracy’s Nook Tracy’s Nook visits ancient Egypt via The Field Museum.
- Susan at AwwwTrouble confesses her guilty pleasures.
- Meg Smith of Fox and Bunny and Woodpecker Stew shares her take.
- Alicia S from Titere con Bonete pretended to be Cleopatra as a child.
- Michele Spring Fajeau at Alas, I digress knows a thing or two.
- Karen Sweitzer of A Magical Mommy is a woman, hear her ROAR!
- Brandi from Mama Knows It All speaks of snobs and sluts.
- Melanie at tales from the crib wonders what exactly is “normal.”
- Lisa of Hannemaniacs acted like Cleopatra.
- Julie from A Good Joe is fascinated by history, politics, and sex.
- Thien-Kim at I’m Not the Nanny knows Cleopatra was a feminist.
- Cindy Fey of We All Fall Down compares Cleopatra’s actual life to her movie life.
- Nicole Pelton from Not Just a Working Mom compares her son’s education to Cleopatra’s.
- Leticia Barr at Tech Savvy Mama offers online resources to teach your kids about ancient Egypt.
- Carie of Making Lemonade has a misadventure in the library.
- Sandie from Urban Mama shares her husband’s thoughts since he stole her copy of the book.
- Michelle at Honest & Truly! wonders where you’d like to time travel.
Visit Stacy Schiff’s website to check out her tour schedule. You can pick up a copy of Cleopatra: A Life and see for yourself what kind of person Cleopatra was.
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2 Comments
You all make spending four years alone in a room with a legal pad seem (almost) worthwhile. Thank you for engaging with CLEO as you have; you’ve found riches in the book I didn’t know where there. I wonder along with Eunice about Cleopatra leaving the kids behind. Then again all bets off when it comes to Cleopatra & maternity. One scholar suggested to me that she would have murdered her eldest son if doing so would have secured an alliance with Octavian!
Thanks for stopping by Stacy! We’re looking forward to your next book.