It is one of the last happy moments in her life, shared along with her twin brother Alexandros Helios and her younger brother, Ptolemy XVI Philadelphos. Cleopatra's father, General Marcus Antonius has just finished parading through the city to celebrate his victory over Armenia, his eastern enemy. Told in Cleopatra Selene's voice, Part I of Cleopatra's Moon begins when she is a young girl of seven living in Alexandria-by-the-Sea. Cleopatra's Moon is a book about Cleopatra's daughter by Marcus Antonius, Cleopatra XVII Selene and this is partly what makes this book so unusual. The second, Cleopatra's Moon, although written by a different author picks up at a latter time in Cleopatra's life. The first, Cleopatra Confesses, I've previously reviewed. If you are interested in reading about the life of Cleopatra there have been two novels for young adults recently published that will whet your appetite.
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