The Memoirs of Cleopatra: A NovelBestselling novelist Margaret George brings to life the glittering kingdom of Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile, in this lush, sweeping, and richly detailed saga, the basis for the Cleopatra TV mini-series. |
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... wine flowed , and the talking grew louder , more animated . The Ro- mans forgot to speak Greek and lapsed back into Latin . What an odd , mo- notonous sound it had if you did not understand it . And I had not studied it . There was ...
... wine , wine , wine , different for each food - Egyptian red and white , the famous apple - scented wine of Thasos , and , the sweetest of all , Pramnian . " It's made from partially dried grapes , " explained Varro , smacking his lips ...
... wine that had done this ! I vowed , in that instant , never to bow to wine or let it overcome me - a vow I believe I have kept , although Dio- nysus and his grapes have caused me much grief nonetheless . Suddenly one of the Romans at ...
... wine ... these were all the names I heard as I passed through the streets of Alexandria on my way back and forth to the Soma . Once the people had enjoyed the festivals of Dionysus he provided for them , but now they 22 22 derided him ...
... wine readily enough themselves , but their memories were short . Those who say I do not know what the jeering crowd at Rome would be like are wrong . I know jeering crowds . It was always a relief to be admitted back into the palace ...
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Section 26 | 576 |
Section 27 | 584 |
Section 28 | 619 |
Section 29 | 637 |
Section 30 | 653 |
Section 31 | 661 |
Section 32 | 673 |
Section 9 | 199 |
Section 10 | 209 |
Section 11 | 261 |
Section 12 | 299 |
Section 13 | 316 |
Section 14 | 327 |
Section 15 | 363 |
Section 16 | 374 |
Section 17 | 403 |
Section 18 | 413 |
Section 19 | 423 |
Section 20 | 454 |
Section 21 | 461 |
Section 22 | 497 |
Section 23 | 524 |
Section 24 | 533 |
Section 33 | 690 |
Section 34 | 749 |
Section 35 | 775 |
Section 36 | 794 |
Section 37 | 825 |
Section 38 | 838 |
Section 39 | 858 |
Section 40 | 862 |
Section 41 | 875 |
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Section 45 | 945 |
Section 46 | 948 |
Section 47 | 965 |