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GIVEAWAY: 2 Audio Book copies of Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff

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I’ve got another great audio book giveaway to share with you. I’ve got 2 Audio Book copies of Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff to share with you courtesy of Anna with Hachette Book Group. Now this is one book I really want to read and must get my hands on a copy. I really like the cover art for this one too – it’s so pretty.

About Cleopatra

Her palace shimmered with gold but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Cleopatra, the wealthiest ruler of her time and one of the most powerful women in history, was a canny political strategist, a brilliant manager, a tough negotiator, and the most manipulative of lovers. Although her life spanned fewer than forty years, it reshaped the contours of the ancient world.

At only 18 years old, Cleopatra was already one of history’s most remarkable figures: the Queen of Egypt. A lethal political struggle with her brother marked her early adulthood and set the tone for the rest of her life; a relationship with Julius Caesar, forged while under siege in her palace, launched her into a deadly mix of romance and strategy; a pleasure cruise down the Nile followed, a child, and a trip to Rome, which ended in Cleopatra’s flight. After Caesar’s brutal murder, she began a nine-year affair with Mark Antony, with whom she had three more children. Antony and Cleopatra’s alliance and attempt to forge a new empire spelled both their ends.

The subject of gossip and legend, veneration and speculation in her lifetime, Cleopatra fascinated the world right up to her death. In the 2000 years since, myths about the last Queen of Egypt have been fueled by Shakespeare, Dryden, and Shaw, who put words in her mouth, and by Michelangelo, Delacroix, and Elizabeth Taylor, who put a face to her name. In Cleopatra, Pulitzer prize-winning biographer Stacy Schiff accomplishes a feat that has eluded artists and writers for centuries: capturing fully the operatic life of an exceptionally seductive and powerful woman, whose death ushered in a new world order.

About Stacy Schiff


Stacy Schiff is the author of Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov), winner of the Pulitzer Prize; Saint-Exupéry, a Pulitzer Prize finalist; and A Great Improvisation, winner of the George Washington Book Prize and the Ambassador Book Award. She has been a Guggenheim Fellow, and a fellow at the center for Scholars & Writers, and received an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Schiff has contributed to The New Yorker and The New York Times, where she has been an op-ed columnist.

You can view a video here and listen to an excerpt here.

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

I have 2 Audio Book copies of Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff up for grabs. To enter…

  • For 1 entry leave me a comment with a way to contact you.
  • For 2 entries follow my blog. If you already do, let me know and I’ll pass on the extra entry to you as well.
  • For 3 entries, blog or tweet this giveaway to spread the word.

This giveaway is open to US & Canadian residents only (no PO boxes, only 1 copy per household). I will draw for the winners on Saturday, January 15, 2011. Good luck everyone!

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  1. Dar, I would love a chance to win this audio book. I bet it is amazing.

    Thanks for the giveaway

    bibliophilebythesea AT gmail DOT com

  2. I love reading about Cleopatra.
    She was a fascinating and powerful woman.
    Please enter me.
    RJB
    loki304(at)tds(dot)net

  4. Thanks for hosting such a great giveaway! Please enter me –

    Booksncity at gmail dot com

    I am a follower!

  5. I recently read a book about Cleopatra's daughter, but have never read a book about Cleopatra. My knowledge is pretty limited. I'd love to win this audio book. Thanks for the giveaway.

    +1 Google follower

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  8. I follow you, of course! I'm really interested in this one, not only for the topic, but that I liked the narrator in "Cane River". Thanks Dar! rnawrot at cfl dot rr dot com

  10. I would love to win this audiobook, I've heard great reviews.

    +1 I follow on GFC.

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  11. Let me try spelling correctly this time!
    I've heard good things about this one, please enter me! Thanks for hosting the giveaway.

    +1 I am a follower.

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  12. Great giveaway Dar! I have always been fascinated by Cleopatra (did a HUGE 6th grade project on her LONG ago!!). I'd love a chance to listen to this one in the car while I'm waiting for Logan's preschool to get out. 🙂

    Wendi
    wbarker at hotmail.com

  13. I'm a follower!! On Google Friend Connect and Networked Blogs… and facebook 🙂 LOL Twitter too I think

    Wendi
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  16. Cleopatra must been so intelligent to be so powerful and to be such a great negotiator. I remember reading about her when I was little in my BookHouse history books, then saw her portrayed by Claudette Colbert and Elizabeth Taylor. She is one of most memorable figures in history. I would love to win this audiobook about her.

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  17. I follow your blog with Google Friend Connect and an e-mail subscription.

    CarolNWong(at)aol(dot)com

  22. I believe I'm a folllower thorugh google, but am sure I'm a subscriber!

    Enter me in the giveaway please!

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  23. I'd love to be entered, I actually have this book and I really would love the audio to listen to while I read it.

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  25. Thank you for having this giveaway. Cleopatra is a woman I would like to read more about.

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  28. I'd love to win this one!

    I am already an RSS follower of your blog.

    nomadreaderblog (at) g mail (dot) com

  29. I've been wanting to read this one but the only way I'll get to it anytime soon is on audio – I'd LOVE to win this!

    You can contact me though my blog. 🙂

  39. your blog layout looks great!! i would love to enter this contest, i really admire cleopatra! thanks!
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  44. would love to 'listen' to this book…thanks for the chance 🙂

    karenk
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  46. I would love to win this giveaway. I am a new GFC follower of your site. Thank you so much for hosting this giveaway.

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  47. Love the author. Would really enjoy listening to this audiobook.
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  49. Love your site and the name…I have visited before, but haven't been by in a while.

    I am a follower…book looks great….thanks.

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  50. I would love a chance to win this audio about Cleopatra. It sounds really interesting, thanks Dar!

    cjay (at) iavalley (dot) edu

  51. I've always been fascinated by Cleopatra.

    I'm a follower.

    undermyappletree at gmail dot com

  52. I follow as Renee G on GFC and would love to listen to this. I've always wanted to know more about Cleopatra.
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