{"product_id":"9780008697211","title":"Cleopatra","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Saara El-Arifi\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 26 February 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (The Borough Press) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHardback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e245 x 163 x 34mm | 558g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn enthralling, groundbreaking reimagining of an iconic queen, from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Enchanting, smart, and subversive – El-Arifi’s masterpiece' R. F. Kuang\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Lush world-building and lyrical prose burn brightly on every page' JENNIFER SAINT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Addictive and entertaining' STYLIST\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'An extraordinary achievement’ SAMANTHA SHANNON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  *Limited Collector’s Edition featuring foiled board design and designed endpapers available to the first print run only whilst supplies last*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  YOU KNOW MY NAME.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Your historians call me seductress, but I was ever in love's thrall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Your playwrights speak of witchcraft, but my talents came from the gods themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Your poets sing of my bloodlust, but I was always protecting my children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e How wilfully they refuse to concede that a woman could be powerful, strategic, divinely blessed to rule.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Death will silence me no longer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This is not the story of how I died. But how I lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From one of the most remarkable and acclaimed storytellers of her generation, the #1 bestselling author of FAEBOUND and THE FINAL STRIFE, this epic and groundbreaking new novel shows us Cleopatra on her own terms.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Saara El-Arifi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57425697964415,"sku":"9780008697211","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0998\/2132\/2623\/files\/9780008697211_687f0576-6a2d-4c3d-91fb-7e5ca1de03c5.jpg?v=1778844565","url":"https:\/\/berwynbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780008697211","provider":"The Berwyn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}