Stabenow Dana - Death Of An Eye - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Outstanding Washington Post. Alexandri a 47 BC. For three centuries the House of Ptolemy has governed the Kingdom of Egypt. Cleopatra seventh of her name rules from Alexandria that beacon of commerce and learning that stands between the burning sands of the desert and the dark waters of the Middle Sea. But her realm is beset by ethnic rivalries aristocratic feuds and courtly intrigues. Not only that she must contend with the insatiable appetite of Julius Caesar who needs Egyptian grain and Egyptian gold to further his ambitions. The world is watching the young Queen waiting for a misstep And now her most trusted servant her Eye has been murdered and a vast shipment of newly minted coin stolen. Cleopatra cannot afford for the coins to go unrecovered or the murderers unpunished so she asks childhood friend Tetisheri Nebenteru to retrace the dead Eye's footsteps. Tetisheri will find herself plunged into the shadowy heart of Alexandria. As she sifts her way through a tangle of lies and deceit she will discover that nothing can be taken at face value that she can't trust anyone not even the Queen herself.
Title: Death Of An Eye
Author(s): Stabenow Dana
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9781788549219
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 9/5/2019
Series: Eye of Isis
Category: Historical Fiction