The Last Pharaoh ● Book 4 of 5
A Dangerous Daughter
Blood or Throne?
When furious Alexandrians drive King Ptolemy from Egypt and crown his eldest daughter Berenice queen, the exiled king plots his return from Rome with young Cleopatra at his side—only to find that when the prize is Egypt, blood relations that mattered less before now mean nothing at all.
⭐ 4.5/5 across the saga — engrossing until the end.
About the Book
58 B.C., Alexandria, Egypt
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Furious with the king's extortionate attempts to repay his debts to Rome, the irate citizens have chased king Ptolemy from Alexandria and crowned his eldest daughter Berenice and wife Cleopatra Tryphaena as queens of Egypt.
Now, the king, with his young daughter Cleopatra, is in Rome, where he plots to return to Egypt and regain his throne. While he maneuvers the muddy waters of Roman politics, his young daughter struggles with life in the smelly city, nothing like Alexandria with its grand palaces. When a nasty Roman man named Marcus Crassus asks her whether her sister Berenice would abdicate in favor of her father if he returns, Cleopatra answers him like a twelve-year-old diplomat.
But Berenice has other plans, and when the prize is the throne of Egypt, blood relations that mattered less now matter nothing at all.
Who This Is For
'A Dangerous Daughter' takes you to the early years of Cleopatra's life when she was about twelve, and shows you what shaped her worldview. Readers of Stephanie Dray, Michelle Moran, and Margaret George will feel at home in this world.
The Worlds of the Book
Start in Alexandria, go to Rome, and then return for a fateful ending that begins the tale of Cleopatra.
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