The Memoirs of Cleopatra: A NovelSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 1. apr 2010 - 1024 pages Bestselling novelist Margaret George brings to life the glittering kingdom of Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile, in this lush, sweeping, and richly detailed saga, the basis for the Cleopatra TV mini-series. |
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... feet seem to be , and a figure standing above it . The face is lost in shadow . " Put your flowers at her feet , " the nurse is saying , tugging at my fist with the flowers I am clutching . I don't want to let go of them , don't want to ...
... feet that made even normal walking sound like stamping . There was nothing about her to recall our ancestor , the delicate - featured Berenice II , who had reigned with Ptolemy III two hundred years earlier and passed into legend as a ...
... feet , in these baskets . " He bade us follow him to a central well , where dangling ropes disappeared upward into what seemed the sky itself . " Stairs go up around the perimeter , " he said . " Can't we ride up in the baskets ...
... feet . Then my swirling arms succeeded in keeping me on the surface , and instantaneously I sensed how to coordinate my legs so they could assist in buoying me up . " You're about as graceful as a hippo on land , " teased Mardian ...
... feet hung down straight from the ankles ; one of her sandals fell off , making a loud plop in the still air . I saw that her face had turned a hideous dark color , and I looked away . Then I heard a noise of tramping feet , and saw her ...
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Section 28 | 619 |
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Section 30 | 653 |
Section 31 | 661 |
Section 32 | 673 |
Section 9 | 199 |
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Section 11 | 261 |
Section 12 | 299 |
Section 13 | 316 |
Section 14 | 327 |
Section 15 | 363 |
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Section 18 | 413 |
Section 19 | 423 |
Section 20 | 454 |
Section 21 | 461 |
Section 22 | 497 |
Section 23 | 524 |
Section 24 | 533 |
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