title: National Geographic Readers: Cleopatra (Readers Bios)
author:  Barbara Kramer 
description: BARBARA KRAMER began writing biographies for children and young adults after following the advice of another author who said, "Write what you like to read." She remembered how much she enjoyed biographies when she was a kid, especially stories about trailblazers such as Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, and Elizabeth Blackwell and decided that's what she wanted to write. Her subjects have included both historical figures and people in the news.
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  Cleopatra
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Joan Palevsky Imprint in Classical Literature
  
  
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  In honor of beloved Virgil—
  
  
  “O degli altri poeti onore e lume …”
  
  
  —Dante, _Inferno_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Cleopatra
  
  
  _A Sphinx Revisited_
  
  
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  _Edited by_
  
  
  Margaret M. Miles
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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