Queen of Kings: The Immortal Story Of Cleopatra by Maria Dahvana Headley

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Bibliographic Details

• Author: Maria Dahvana Headley
• Title: Queen Of Kings: The Immortal Story Of Cleopatra
• Publisher: ‎ Dutton; First Edition (May 12, 2011)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover w/Library Binding – 401 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0525952179
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0525952176
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.45 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.25 x 1.75 x 9.25 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Fair (shows some discoloration on pages / page edges)
• Dust Jacket Condition – Good (Mylar Library Dust Jacket)
• Edition: First Edition

Synopsis:

The immortal story of Cleopatra.

Passion and seduction, witches and warriors, and history and mythology combine to bring the timeless story of Cleopatra to life like never before in this stunningly original and spellbinding debut.

The year is 30 BC. A messenger delivers word to Queen Cleopatra that her beloved husband, Antony, has died at his own hand. Desperate to save her kingdom and resurrect her husband, Cleopatra summons the most fearsome warrior goddess, Sekhmet, and against the warnings of her scholars she strikes a mortal bargain. But not even the wisest scholars could have predicted what would follow…

In exchange for Antony's soul, Cleopatra is transformed into a vampiric creature of mythical proportions, an immortal shapeshifter with superhuman strength and an insatiable hunger for human blood-a being at once ferocious and seductive. And she is bent on vengeance against those who have wronged her family and her kingdom. Clashing against witches and monsters, gods and warriors, Cleopatra journeys from the tombs of Egypt to the great amphitheaters of Rome to the ancient underworld-where she will meet her love once again, and where the battle between man and beast will determine the fate of the world.

About the Author:

MARIA DAHVANA HEADLEY is a #1 New York Times-bestselling author & editor, most recently of the novel THE MERE WIFE (July 17, 2018, MCD/FSG), MAGONIA (HarperCollins), one of Publisher's Weekly's Best Books of 2015; AERIE (HarperCollins); QUEEN OF KINGS (Dutton); and the internationally-bestselling memoir THE YEAR OF YES (Hyperion.) With Kat Howard she is the author of THE END OF THE SENTENCE (Subterranean Press) one of NPR's Best Books of 2014, and with Neil Gaiman, she is editor of the young adult monster anthology UNNATURAL CREATURES (HarperChildrens) benefitting 826DC.

Her short stories have been included in many year's best anthologies, including Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Karen Joy Fowler and John Joseph Adams, and have been shortlisted for the Nebula, Shirley Jackson and World Fantasy Awards.

Her work has been supported by The MacDowell Colony, and Arte Studio Ginestrelle, among other fantastic organizations.

She grew up in rural Idaho and now lives in Brooklyn.