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Cleopatra (Haggard)

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Cleopatra (1889)
by H. Rider Haggard

Cleopatra: Being an Account of the Fall and Vengeance of Harmachis, first published in 1889, is set in the Ptolemaic era of Ancient Egyptian history and revolves around the survival of a Dynasty bloodline protected by the Priesthood of Isis.

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Dedication

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My dear Mother,

I have for a long while hoped to be allowed to dedicate some book of mine to you, and now I bring you this work, because whatever its shortcomings, and whatever judgment may be passed upon it by yourself and others, it is yet the one I should wish you to accept.

I trust that you will receive from my romance of "Cleopatra" some such pleasure as lightened the labour of its building up; and that it may convey to your mind a picture, however imperfect, of the old and mysterious Egypt in whose lost glories you are so deeply interested.

Your affectionate and dutiful Son,

H. Rider Haggard.
January 21, 1889.

Contents

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Book I: The Preparation of Harmachis

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Book II: The Fall of Harmachis

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Book III: The Vengeance of Harmachis

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This work was published before January 1, 1931, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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