Search
Log in
  • Home

  • Categories

  • Audiobooks

  • E-books

  • Magazines

  • For kids

  • Top lists

  • Help

  • Download app

  • Use campaign code

  • Redeem gift card

  • Try free now
  • Log in
  • Language

    🇫🇷 France

    • FR
    • EN

    🇧🇪 Belgique

    • FR
    • EN

    🇩🇰 Danmark

    • DK
    • EN

    🇩🇪 Deutschland

    • DE
    • EN

    🇪🇸 España

    • ES
    • EN

    🇳🇱 Nederland

    • NL
    • EN

    🇳🇴 Norge

    • NO
    • EN

    🇦🇹 Österreich

    • AT
    • EN

    🇨🇭 Schweiz

    • DE
    • EN

    🇫🇮 Suomi

    • FI
    • EN

    🇸🇪 Sverige

    • SE
    • EN
  1. Books
  2. History
  3. Prehistory

Read and listen for free for 14 days!

Cancel anytime

Try free now
4.3(3)

Cleopatra : The Queen who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity

One of Italy’s most revered cultural figures reconstructs the extraordinary life of the legendary Cleopatra at the height of her power in this epic story of passion, intrigue, betrayal, and war.

Our world today would not be the same without Cleopatra. While she is one of the most famous figures in history, the legendary Egyptian queen remains, in many ways, an enigma. In this mesmerizing history, Alberto Angela offers a fresh and dynamic portrait of this extraordinary ruler, revealing a strikingly modern woman born in an ancient era and skilled in the art of diplomacy and war, who would conquer the heart of a general—Marc Antony—and Rome itself.

Cleopatra focuses on a twenty-year period that marked a sweeping change in Roman history, beginning with the assassination of Julius Caesar that led to the end of the Republic, and ending with the suicides of Antony and Cleopatra and the birth of the Augustan Empire. Angela brings the people, stories, customs, and traditions of this fascinating period alive as he transports us to the chaotic streets of the capital of the ancient world, the exotic port of Alexandria in Egypt, and to the bloody battlefields where an empire was won and lost.

Meticulously researched and rich with vivid detail, this sweeping history, reminiscent of the works of Simon Schama, Mary Beard’s SPQR, and Tom Holland’s Rubicon, recreates this remarkable era and the woman at its turbulent center.

Translated from the Italian by Katherine Gregor

“[Cleopatra] combines scholarship with novelistic detail and character depth…[Alberto Angela] effectively draws on previous scholarship, wading through legend and myth to get at the truth of what actually occurred… a character-rich historical biography.” -- Kirkus

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.


Author:

  • Alberto Angela

Narrator:

  • Derek Perkins

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 14 h 32 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • History
  • Prehistory
  • History
  • Middle east
  • History
  • Africa
  • History
  • Great occurrences and events
  • Society and Social Sciences
  • Society
  • Society and Social Sciences
  • Gender and LGBT

More by Alberto Angela

Skip the list
  1. Les Trois Jours de Pompéi

    Alberto Angela

    audiobook
  2. L'inferno su Roma : Il grande incendio che distrusse la città di Nerone

    Alberto Angela

    audiobook
  3. L'ultimo giorno di Roma: Viaggio nella città di Nerone poco prima del grande incendio

    Alberto Angela

    audiobook
  4. Cleopatra

    Alberto Angela

    audiobook

Others have also read

Skip the list
  1. Tudor : Passion. Manipulation. Murder. The Story of England's Most Notorious Royal Family

    Leanda de Lisle

    audiobook
  2. Captured!

    Stanton T. Friedman, Kathleen Marden

    audiobook
  3. Observations on Insanity : With Practical Remarks on the Disease and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection

    John Haslam

    book
  4. The Crown Dissected

    Hugo Vickers

    book
  5. Summary of Daniel Tudor's Korea

    Everest Media

    book
  6. Persephone Rising

    Carol S. Pearson

    audiobook
  7. Vivre son enfance au sein d’une secte religieuse : Comprendre pour mieux intervenir

    Lorraine Derocher

    book
  8. The Valkyrie

    Kate Heartfield

    audiobook
  9. Le Dernier Roi des Français (Louis-Philippe) – suivi d'annexes : Nouvelle édition 2019

    Alexandre Dumas

    book
  10. Voyager mieux

    Marie-Julie Gagnon

    book
  11. La mémoire, l'oubli, solitude d'Israël

    Alain Finkielkraut, Benny Levy, Bernard-Henri Lévy

    audiobook
  12. Marie Antoinette Reine de France

    Patrick Martinez-Bournat

    audiobook

  • 5 books

    Alberto Angela

    Alberto Angela is a global ambassador of Italian art, history, and culture. Born in Paris in 1962, he is a paleontologist, naturalist, and journalist, as well as an established author and television host of programs such as Meraviglie, which is watched by more than six million viewers per episode.

    Read more

Help and contact


About us

  • Our story
  • Career
  • Press
  • Accessibility
  • Nextory One
  • Partner with us
  • Investor relations
  • Instagram
  • Facebook

Explore

  • Categories
  • Audiobooks
  • E-books
  • Magazines
  • For kids
  • Top lists

Popular categories

  • Crime
  • Biographies and reportage
  • Fiction
  • Feel-good and romance
  • Personal development
  • Children's books
  • True stories
  • Sleep and relaxation

Nextory

Copyright © 2025 Nextory AB

Privacy Policy · Terms · Legal notices ·
Excellent4.3 out of 5