Cleopatra: The Woman Who Ruled the Nile (Brilliant Women, Remarkable Stories)

Meet Cleopatra - the woman who ruled the Nile.

Born in 69 BC in the great city of Alexandria, Cleopatra VII was Egypt's last pharaoh - and one of the most powerful, intelligent, and politically gifted rulers of the ancient world. She spoke nine languages. She studied mathematics and astronomy. And she fought to protect Egypt's independence in an age when Rome was conquering everything in its path.

This beautifully illustrated children's biography brings Cleopatra's remarkable life into vivid focus for young readers. From her childhood in the marble palaces of Alexandria, to her famous alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, to the dramatic final days of her reign - discover the queen who refused to be a Roman pawn, and who ruled the Nile until the very end.

Part of Brilliant Women, Remarkable Stories - a series of accessible, beautifully crafted biographies for young readers, bringing to life the women who shaped our world.

A perfect first biography for curious children ages 6-10. A vivid introduction to ancient Egypt and one of history's most legendary women.

Daisy Harper Gray-Lane has always been curious about everything - people, places, stories, the world in all its complexity. A traveller at heart, a reader by nature, she is the kind of person who finds something remarkable in every life she encounters.That curiosity became a conviction: the most extraordinary women in history have never been defined by a single thing. They dared. They persisted. They changed the world - often quietly, always completely.Brilliant Women, Remarkable Stories was born from that belief. A series of accessible, beautifully crafted biographies for young readers, it brings to life the women who shaped our world - told the way they always should have been.Daisy lives in London with her family. She writes wherever life takes her.