Queen of Kings jumps right in where most stories about Queen Cleopatra end. Beginning with her last mortal day and night with Mark Antony, it follows the queen through to the bargain she makes with an old and chaotic god to try and save her nation and her husband, the consequences that follow, and the revenge she seeks afterwards.
Jumping from the perspective of Cleopatra, Mark Antony, Octavian Augustus, Agrippa , and a slew of other characters both friend and foe to the raging queen, and bringing to light to other mythic figures and artifacts, Queen of Kings sets Cleopatra in a fittingly magical world for her greatest act of revenge.
In his ambitious, inventive, magnificent new novel, Ebershoff applies his talent for sweeping plots, psychological delicacy, and historical evocation to questions of faith and love. What is it like to be a man's 19th wife? What inner life do you have, and how does it feel to share your spouse with umpteen others? What version of