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Chasing Cleopatra: Peter Stothard Writes About the Queen

The Queen

After seven tries, Peter Stothard, the editor of the Times Literary Supplement, has finally written the book on Cleopatra that he always wanted to. Here he recounts how the sole surviving example of her signature helped inspire him to write.

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