Philip Reeve, Margaret Simpson
Cleopatra and Her Asp
In this book,
Cleopatra’s biography takes an unusual form, a fictional diary of the Queen
that uses elements of comic books. The playful form reflects its target
audience of children and teenagers. It includes an introduction about the
Ptolemaic dynasty and the situation in ancient Egypt at the beginning of
Cleopatra's reign. All the events in the book are in chronological order - we
learn what happens from the moment Cleopatra becomes Queen until her death. The
author uses diar(...)