{"product_id":"fatal-monsters-jane-draycott-9780300287103","title":"Fatal Monsters: Cleopatra, Her Sister Queens, and the Downfall of a Dynasty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA reexamination of the rivalry between Cleopatra and her two sisters, Berenike and Arsinoe--three queens who shaped the tumultuous final years of the Ptolemaic dynasty\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this dramatic political, cultural, and historical narrative of the period 60 to 40 BCE in Egypt and Rome, three sister queens are each seeking power for themselves: Cleopatra, who would become the most famous woman of the ancient world; Berenike, executed by their father, Ptolemy XII; and Arsinoe, murdered at Cleopatra's request.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane Draycott profiles each queen in her historical and archaeological context--not just through Roman eyes but also through Greek and Egyptian ones. The overlooked story of the sister queens and the sibling rivalry that brought down a 300-year-old dynasty is now being told.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Draycott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300287100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300287103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Jane Draycott","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49084185739519,"sku":"9780300287103","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fatal-monsters-jane-draycott-9780300287103","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}