Stacy Schiff - Here you have an incredibly ambitious, accomplished woman who comes up against some o...

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Here you have an incredibly ambitious, accomplished woman who comes up against some of the same problems that women in power come up against today. Cleopatra plays an oddly pivotal role in world history as well; in her lifetime, Alexandria is the center of the universe, Rome is still a backwater.

Stacy Schiff

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Hier haben Sie eine unglaublich ehrgeizige, versierte Frau, die auf einige der Probleme stößt, mit denen Frauen in der Macht heute konfrontiert sind. Cleopatra spielt auch in der Weltgeschichte eine merkwürdige Schlüsselrolle. In ihrem Leben ist Alexandria das Zentrum des Universums, Rom ist immer noch ein Rückstau.

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