Cleopatra: The Queen Who Fought for Egypt

100 Lives That Shaped the World · Episode 1

• Historical Biographies
• 43 min
• Ages 12–99
• 10 chapters

About this audiobook

A forty-minute historical biography of Cleopatra as a ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt, examining government, dynasty, Roman civil war, material evidence, propaganda, and the legends that followed her defeat.

Why it's worth a listen

It replaces the familiar romance-first story with an evidence-aware account of power, choices, consequences, and how winners shape historical memory.

A question to keep

How did Cleopatra try to preserve Egypt's power, and why did Rome remember her as a romance instead of a ruler?

Based on the book by Emma's Library, published by Emma's Library

Chapters

1. The Queen Who Had Lost a Kingdom
2. A Greek Dynasty in an Egyptian Kingdom
3. Eighteen and Already Surrounded
4. Exile, Caesar, and the Fight for Alexandria
5. Caesarion and the Dangerous Future
6. What a Queen Actually Did
7. Antony and an Eastern Alliance
8. Actium, a War of Ships and Stories
9. The Last Days of Ptolemaic Egypt
10. Who Gets to Remember a Queen?