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Cartouches

Alexander the Great – Alexandros
Ptolemy XII – Ptolemy living forever, beloved of Ptah and Isis
Cleopatra VII – Cleopatra the Father-loving goddess
Ptolemy Caesar (Caesarion) – Caesar living forever, beloved of Ptah and Isis
Octavian – Autocrator (‘ruler’)

Acknowledgements

    I would like to express my gratitude to John Ray, who patiently read through the first draft of Cleopatra and offered helpful advice. Any mistakes are, of course, my own. I would also like to thank Judith Corbelli and Steven Snape for their encouragement, advice and enthusiasm. At Profile, Peter Carson believed in this book, and Bohdan Buciak, Penny Daniel, Anna-Marie Fitzgerald, Lesley Levene and Nicola Taplin helped it to become a reality. In 2006 the Society of Authors generously awarded me a grant from the Author’s Foundation, which allowed me to travel to Egypt in search of Cleopatra. I will always be grateful for their support.
    My father, William Randolph Tyldesley, always wanted me to write about Cleopatra; sadly he died when this book was nearing completion. I wish that he could have read it.