Cleopatra — Volume 01
Publisher Description
Gorgias, the architect, had learned to bear the scorching sunbeams of the Egyptian noonday. Though not yet thirty, he had directed—first as his late father's assistant and afterwards as his successor—the construction of the huge buildings erected by Cleopatra in Alexandria. Now he was overwhelmed with commissions; yet he had come hither ere the hours of work were over, merely to oblige a youth who had barely passed the confines of boyhood. True, the person for whom he made this sacrifice was Caesarion, the son whom Cleopatra had given to Julius Caesar.
Customer Reviews
Terrible writing
The book lags so much and there is no clarity whatsoever on whichever story it seeks to narrate, this could be the fault of the author or the translator. The writing is so terrible that the reader expends all resources of his patience 2 minutes into reading it. I never knew someone could pick from history a page as interesting as that of Cleopatra, and present it so hopelessly!