02034cam a2200433 i 4500 551070525 TxAuBib 20220314120000.0 150323s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015936837 9780316382984 hbk. 0316382981 hbk. TxAuBib rda Holleman, Emily,. Cleopatra's shadows : a novel / Emily Holleman. First edition. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2015. 342 pages : genealogical table ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Reimagines the beginnings of Cleopatra's epic saga through the eyes of her younger sister. Reading-group guide available. Abandoned by her beloved sister Cleopatra and an indifferent father, young Arsinoe must fight for her survival in the bloodthirsty royal court when her half-sister Berenice seizes Egypt's throne. To survive, she escapes the palace for the war-torn streets of Alexandria. When their deposed father Ptolemy marches on the city with a Roman army, both daughters must decide where their allegiances truly lie, and Arsinoe grapples with the truth: that the only way to survive her dynasty is to rule it. 20220314. Arsinoe IV, Queen of Egypt, -41 B.C Fiction. Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C Fiction. Arsinoe IV, Queen of Egypt, -41 B.C. Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, -30 B.C. 332 B.C. - 640 A.D. Egypt History Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D Fiction. Egypt History 30 B.C.-640 A.D Fiction. Egypt. Biographical fiction. Fiction. Historical fiction. History. Biographical fiction. Historical fiction.