{"product_id":"cleopatra-histories-dreams-and-distortions-by-lucy-hughes-hallett","title":"Cleopatra: Histories, Dreams and Distortions by Lucy Hughes-Hallett","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback \u003cbr\u003ePublication: 26 Feb 2026, Fourth Estate \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780008781323\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 464 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57173491614078,"sku":null,"price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9780008781323.jpg?v=1774542435","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/cleopatra-histories-dreams-and-distortions-by-lucy-hughes-hallett","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}