Three Presidents and a Queen

Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff
07.03.2011
(was 01.09.2011)

Maybe you watched Elizabeth Taylor strut around Ancient Rome so you think you know who Cleopatra was.  Well, the real Cleopatra was far more remarkable - a brilliant woman who spoke nine languages and ruled over the world's most cosmopolitan culture... and yes, also cavorted with both Julius Caesar and Marc Antony.  In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge we'll get the low down on Cleopatra from biographer Stacy Schiff.

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