Henry Rider Haggard

Cleopatra Henry Rider Haggard

Cleopatra is one of the most successful books of H. Rider Haggard, a historical novel bathed in that poetic and fantastic tone that gave to his other works. Undoubtedly, the embryonic idea of the story came from a trip to Egypt, which he returned enthusiastically: "... my head is full of Cleopatra, for which I have thought a good argument." In this fascinating story, Haggard relates the story of the legendary queen through the eyes of Harmaquis, a young priest destined to be Pharaoh and his nefarious loves with the Greek usurper Cleopatra. A novel full of exoticism that relates the love triangle between Harmaquis, Cleopatra and Charmion, a young Egyptian servant and counselor to the queen, who with her jealousy unleashes the personal tragedy within the great national tragedy that was the confrontation between the powerful Rome and The then weak Egypt, into Greek hands.