{"product_id":"cleopatra-histories-dreams-and-distortions","title":"Cleopatra: Histories, Dreams and Distortions","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Brilliant and discursive' Antonia Fraser, Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Hughes-Hallett's exemplary reappraisal … throws a searching light on two thousand years of male erotic fantasy' Joan Smith, New Statesman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the FAWCETT PRIZE and EMILY TOTH AWARD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 2,000 years since her death, Cleopatra has been recreated over and over again by poets, artists and filmmakers, each time in a form that fits the prejudices, anxieties and yearnings of the age that produced it. To Chaucer she was the model of a good wife, while to Cecil B. DeMille she was ‘the wickedest woman in history’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this revised edition of Lucy Hughes-Hallett’s award-winning cultural history, the real Cleopatra – one of the most powerful women in the ancient world – is skilfully revealed alongside a legion of imaginary counterparts and the sexual, racial and political messages they carry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fourth Estate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52943423013186,"sku":"9780008781323","price":30.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/7822\/1890\/files\/9780008781323.jpg?v=1782267103","url":"https:\/\/greatkiwibook.store\/products\/cleopatra-histories-dreams-and-distortions","provider":"The Great Kiwi Bookstore Kaiapoi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}