PHARAOH is, in a word, breathtaking. In more than a word: barbaric,
sensual, entrancing, romantic, tender and cruel, with a lusty cast
of characters. Karen Essex presents her vision of the great queen
of Egypt in this captivating novel rich in detail and, if anything,
filled with more historical minutiae than the first volume,
KLEOPATRA. It is a kaleidoscope of Roman and Greek trivia.
With a familiar cast of characters, including Cicero, Cato,
Octavian, and of course, Marcus Brutus, comes a fresh slant on this
timeless tragedy. Kle