# Cleopatra’s Shadows

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- Book: [Cleopatra’s Shadows](https://www.bookquiver.com/emily-holleman/cleopatras-shadows) ([Cleopatra’s Shadows.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/emily-holleman/cleopatras-shadows.md))
- Authors: [Emily Holleman](https://www.bookquiver.com/emily-holleman), [Katy Sobey](https://www.bookquiver.com/katy-sobey)
- Publisher: Sphere
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-07-5156-016-9
- Published: 2015-10-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Three sisters. One throne. An epic battle begins. Abandoned by her beloved older sister Cleopatra and an indifferent father, Arsinoe, a young Egyptian princess, must fight for survival in the bloodthirsty royal court after her half-sister Berenice seizes power. But despite using her quick-wits to win Berenice's favour, Arsinoe struggles to establish herself in a uncertain new world, one that carries her from the conspiratorial dangers of the palace, to the streets of war-torn Alexandria. Meanwhile, her other sister, the usurper Berenice, has her own demons to confront - her cruel, flagging mother, a pair of fickle husbands, and the ever-present threat that her father will return from exile-as she fights to hold the throne as the first queen of Egypt in a thousand years. Perfect for historical fiction fans who loved discovering The Other Boleyn Girl, Cleopatra's Shadows reimagines Cleopatra's rise to power through the eyes of her forgotten younger sister, Arsinoe.