title: Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra: History and Society under the Ptolemies
author:  Michel Chauveau 
description: "Michel Chauveau has given the reader a useful, readable and easy-to-navigate summary of Lagide Egypt. . . Lorton's translation, as always, is smooth and precise. . . It should be part of every Egyptophile's library."KMT, Winter 2001-02<br /><br />"Chauveau offers a detailed and vivid portrayal of these three centuries from the perspective of an Egyptian. . . . This excellent work richly reveals two cultures, Egyptian and Greek, involved in colonialism, imperialism, and acculturation. Upper-division undergraduates and above."Choice. September 2000<br /><br />"The book provides an easily digestible introduction to Cleopatra's world. . . A fascinating introduction to an era when the political and military face of the Mediterranean world was changing rapidly."Patricia Spencer, Egyptian Archaeology, No. 18, Spring 2001<br /><br />"Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra..is a valuable addition as there are few, if any, general publications of this period, and it provides a very readable and entertaining overview."Helen Strudwick, Antiquity 2001<br /><br />"Chauveau makes extensive use of the Egyptian sources, including papyri, ostraca, hieroglyphic inscriptions, stelae, and coins to present a concise overview of both urban and rural Egypt under the last of the Ptolemaic rulers. . . .Well researched and documented, the book provides a valuable and needed overview for both students and more advanced scholars."Denise Doxey, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Religious Studies Review, Vol. 28, No. 3, July 2002
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   **DESTINY IN DEATH**
  
   **Egypt, 1908**
  
  Eminent archeologist Dr. Emeryk Quintillus has unearthed the burial chamber of
  Cleopatra. But this tomb raider’s obsession with the Queen of the Nile has
  nothing to do with preserving history. Stealing sacred and priceless relics,
  he murders his expedition crew, and flees—escaping the quake that swallows the
  site beneath the desert sands . . .
  
   **Vienna, 1913**
  
  Young widow Adeline Ogilvy has accepted employment at the mansion of Dr.
  Quintillus, transcribing the late professor’s memoirs. Within the pages of his
  journals, she discovers the ravings of a madman convinced he possessed the
  ability to reincarnate Cleopatra. Within the walls of his home, she is
  assailed by unexplained phenomena: strange sounds, shadowy figures, and
  apparitions of hieroglyphics.
  
  Something pursued Dr. Quintillus from Egypt. Something dark, something hungry.
  Something tied to the fate and future of Adeline Ogilvy . . .
  
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