Fiction is seldom as thrilling as the real life adventures played out in Dominic Sandbrook's superb Adventures in Time stories . In Cleopatra, we follow Egypt's most famous queen through a roller coaster of military battles and doomed love affairs.-- The Oldie Few plots can rival the real-life dramas played out in the superb Adventures in Time series by the historian Dominic Sandbrook, one of the most exciting new voices in children's non-fiction.-- Daily Telegraph History and fiction meld in a spectacular new series retelling thrilling tales from past eras, all with the benefit of the latest research.-- Financial Times A must-read for fans of Ancient Egypt and the Romans. This book is well-researched, detailed, nicely paced, and engaging. Sandbrook's Cleopatra is a well-rounded, inspirational figure with strengths, flaws, and true-to-life motivations - this book is a well-deserved fist-bump to this heroic female.-- Imagining History The latest book in Dominic Sandbrook's fastpaced, gripping and well researched Adventures In Time series tells the tumultuous story of the legendary Egyptian queen.

-- Daily Express.