I'm a young teenager in ancient Alexandria. My older sisters have recently died and my father has just returned from Rome to reclaim his throne. I am beginning to realize that I am the oldest surviving child of my father and that someday I could be queen. I am a Ptolemy, and I am directly descended from Alexander the Great. My older sisters used to tell me that I was Greek, not Egyptian.
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MizB at Should Be Reading hosts Teaser Tuesdays. Here's how it works: Grab your current read; let the book fall open to a random page; and share 2 “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. For more teasers, click on through to MizB's blog. Note: this teaser was found by using Amazon's "surprise me" feature."Finally he leaned toward me and whispered, his breath moving one of my earrings, 'This has been a very long day, and I feel I have met you over and over again, in guise after guise. Which is real?'
I turned my head, not lowering it but moving it most royally. 'And I have seen many Caesars,' I said. 'Which of those is real!' "
—Both from The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George
You're well and truly in the ancient world! I like Margaret George's books, but I haven't read Cleopatra. I have Helen of Troy on my to-be-read list. Cleopatra's going on the list now!
ReplyDeleteHa! I love your choice to share with us. That lady has got it all going on!
ReplyDeleteI love Margaret George. She never disappoints. I also really eanjoyed 'Memoirs of Cleopatra', you start looking at that queen in a different more appreciative way.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of Margaret George, but I'll be looking out for her books now. Great teasers!
ReplyDeleteLove the Where Are You addition to your teasers! Sounds good.
ReplyDeleteI remember Elizabeth Taylor playing Cleopatra but that the extent of my knowledge of ancient history. But this book sounds like a good story. Thanks.
ReplyDeletethis sounds really great. such a good teaser.
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ReplyDeleteWow - love the sound of this ;0)
ReplyDeletePutting that book on my "to read" list!
ReplyDeleteJulie
Oh - the book sounds absolutely wonderful based on your Where Am I and your teaser! I'm adding this one to my wish list!!!
ReplyDeleteHere's my Teaser! I'm also giving away 15 galley copies of this book via the publisher, so stop by and see if you want to enter! :) ~ Wendi
I've never heard of Margaret George either, but I love reading about the life of Cleopatra! I've got to check out this book!
ReplyDeleteThis one sounds great! I haven't heard of it before either.
ReplyDeleteWe already discussed The Memoirs of Cleopatra, but I really enjoyed that book!
ReplyDeleteMArgaret George is wonderful and I loved her take on cleopatra. Enjoy!
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ReplyDeleteOoh, I read this a few years ago and liked it!
ReplyDeleteAlways been fascinated with Cleopatra. Good teaser.
ReplyDeleteI've never read Margaret George - good teaser!
ReplyDeleteI read this one years and years ago and you know...I can't remember much about it, LOL. I still have my copy...maybe I should dust it off and pencil in a re-read!
ReplyDeleteI've never read any Cleopatra-books, but I have the Elizabeth Taylor movie on dvd and it is imo the best Cleo-movie of them all (and there are a lot)
ReplyDeleteI love that I was able to guess you were talking about Cleopatra. I know it should have been pretty easy, but I have to take my wins where I can get them.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read anything by Margaret George yet, but this sure sounds good! I think it would be fun to read something about Cleopatra.
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